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· 2/18/2003

Zermeno v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Citations

  • 246 F. Supp. 2d 646
  • 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7449
  • 2003 WL 462930

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Mexican law would likely govern plaintiff’s suit for negligence, strict liability, and violation of various Texas statutes where Mexico was the place the injury occurred, the aircraft was maintained, the airline was based, and the plaintiffs were from
  • holding that Mexican law would likely govern plaintiff’s suit for negligence, strict liability, and violation of various Texas statutes where Mexico was the place the injury occurred, the aircraft was maintained, the airline was based, and the plaintiffs were from
  • holding stipulation to waive limitations is valid under Mexican law without any analysis
  • finding that Mexico was an adequate alternative forum in a case concerning a plane crash in Mexico “if all defendants agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Mexican courts and waive limitations defenses”
  • Mexico was an adequate alternative forum “if all defendants agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Mexican courts and waive limitations defenses”
  • “Neither discovery limitations nor the lack of a jury trial in a foreign forum makes that forum inadequate.”

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Judges: Rosenthal

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