WEINBERG v. GRAND CIRCLE TRAVEL, LLC

Civil Action No. 11-11676-WGY.

891 F.Supp.2d 228 (2012)

Grace WEINBERG and Joan Ward, as personal representative for the Estate of Harvey Marron, Plaintiffs, v. GRAND CIRCLE TRAVEL, LLC d/b/a Overseas Adventure Travel, Tourism and Public Relations Services Limited trading as Serengeti Balloon Safaris; and Serengeti Balloon Safaris, Ltd., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tonya J. Bond , George M. Plews , Jeffrey A. Townsend , Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas R. Murphy , Law Offices of Thomas R. Murphy, LLC, Salem, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Deborah A. Elsasser , Andrew J. Harakas , Clyde & Co. U.S. LLP, New York, NY, Kathleen M. Guilfoyle , Christopher Robert Howe , Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, PC, Mark B. Lavoie , McDonough, Hacking & Lavoie, LLC, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

This negligence action explores the limits of this Court's power to exercise in personam jurisdiction over a foreign defendant. It involves two Florida residents who planned an African safari vacation with a Massachusetts travel agent, only to become the victims of a tragic hot air balloon crash in the Serengeti. One victim was killed in the crash and the other, the deceased's fiancée, sustained severe...

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