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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 6, 2010

Judge Dismisses Air France Case

A federal judge on Monday ruled that dozens of wrongful death cases stemming from the crash of Air France Flight 447 should be litigated in France, not his courtroom in the United States.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Monday ruled that dozens of wrongful death cases stemming from the crash of Air France Flight 447 should be litigated in France, not his courtroom in the United States.

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer agreed with the defendants that France is the proper forum for the lawsuits and that the French have a greater interest than Americans do in the ...

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