Mexico is best forum for scuba death case
Mexico is the most convenient forum for a wrongful death case involving the death of a U.S. tourist in a scuba diving accident, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal. The plaintiff’s...
View ArticleCaribbean air crash suit can be dismissed
Wrongful death claims arising from an international air charter crash in South America could be dismissed from a U.S. district court on the ground that Martinique was a more convenient forum, the 11th...
View ArticleMylan pain-patch suit may proceed in alternate state
A product liability suit was improperly dismissed when it would be time-barred in the purportedly more convenient forum in which it could have been filed, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled in...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Vacationer can’t be forced to litigate sexual assault claims in...
The Florida Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a U.S. citizen who was sexually assaulted by a masseur at a Cancun resort could not be forced to litigate negligence claims against her timeshare...
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