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IN RE DISASTER AT RIYADH AIRPORT SAUDI ARABIA, ETC.

M.D.L. No. 458. Misc. No. 81-112.

540 F.Supp. 1141 (1982)

In re DISASTER AT RIYADH AIRPORT, SAUDI ARABIA, ON AUGUST 19, 1980.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Silverman, Speiser, Krause & Madole, Aidan Jones, Washington, D. C., Lewis, Wilson, Lewis & Jones, Arlington, Va., Milton G. Sincoff, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Gerald C. Sterns, George Stafford, Belli, Choulos & Sayre, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Carroll E. Dubuc, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Washington, D. C., William P. Butler, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., William E. McDaniels, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

FLANNERY, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on defendants' joint motion to dismiss the cases before this court on grounds of forum non conveniens. For the reasons articulated below, defendants' motion to dismiss is conditionally granted.1

FACTS

On August 19, 1980, plaintiffs' decedents were passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines...

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