Manuel Joaquim MacEdo Etc. v. The Boeing Company, Keith L. Boskoff, Etc. v. Transportes Aereos Portugueses, Etc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “Portugese law would surely be applicable to many” issues in an air crash case “involving a Portuguese airline, an airport in Portugal, [and] predominantly Portuguese plaintiffs”
• reversing a forum non conveniens dismissal based in part on the district court’s failure to consider the financial hardship to the plaintiffs of litigating in Portugal
• determining location of damage evidence and then considering where liability evidence most accessible
• reversing a forum non conveniens dismissal based in part on the district court’s failure to consider the financial hardship to the plaintiffs of litigating in Portugal
• “It seems to us that as to the Boskoff [American] plaintiffs, at least, the plaintiffs’ choice is entitled to considerable deference....”
• “In particular, dismissal without justifying the financial burden imposed on the American plaintiffs in an action for alleged wrongdoing of American manufacturers is ... an abuse.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).