Source: https://condonlaw.com/2017/04/federal-district-court-washington-dismisses-cases-arising-airasia-flight-qz-8501-crash-jurisdictional-grounds/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 10:39:12+00:00

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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle) recently dismissed defendants AirAsia Berhad and Artus S.A.S. from wrongful death litigation arising out of the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 into the Java Sea on December 28, 2014. The plaintiffs filed their action in Seattle where they reside, alleging subject matter jurisdiction under the Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act.1 Relying upon the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman,2 defendants successfully moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Significantly, two cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County7 and BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrell,8 invite the Court to revisit the Daimler framework. The decisions in those cases undoubtedly will affect how lower courts analyze personal jurisdiction in future cases.
1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1369.
2 134 S. Ct. 746, 761 (2014).
3 See Sia v. AirAsia Berhad, No. C16-1692 TSZ, 2017 WL 1408172 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 20, 2017) (order granting AirAsia Berhad and Artus, S.A.S.’s motions to dismiss).
4 See id. at *3.
5 See id. at *4.
6 See Siswanto v. Airbus, 153 F. Supp. 3d 1024, 1026 (N.D. Ill. 2015) (memorandum opinion and order dismissing Airbus, S.A.S. for lack of personal jurisdiction); Siswanto v. Airbus Americas, Inc., No. 15-CV-5486, 2016 WL 7178459 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 9, 2016) (memorandum opinion and order granting Thales Avionics’ motion to dismiss); Siswanto v. Airbus Americas, Inc., No. 15-CV-5486, 2016 WL 7178460 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 9, 2016) (memorandum opinion and order dismissing several U.S.-based defendants on the basis of forum non conveniens).
7 137 S. Ct. 827, 196 L. Ed. 2d 610 (Jan. 19, 2017) (order granting the petition for writ of certiorari).
8 137 S. Ct. 810, 196 L. Ed. 2d 596 (Jan. 13, 2017) (order granting the petition for writ of certiorari).

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