United States Seventh Circuit

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to dismiss, on forum non conveniens grounds, certain product liability suits for allegedly defective design of automobile tires manufactured in the U.S. and used in Venezuela and Colombia.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/12/2003
• Published 09/12/2003

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Colin P. Smith, Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, Mark J.R. Merkle, Krieg Devault, Indianapolis, IN, Mark Herrmann, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for Petitioner Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Randall Riggs, Locke Reynolds, Indianapolis, IN, John H. Beisner, O'Melveney & Myers, Washington, DC, Craig A. Morgan, Brown McCarroll, Austin, TX, for Petitioner Ford Motor Co., Joel S. Perwin, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg & Eaton, Miami, FL, Marc Cooper, Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, John W. Barrett, Lexington, MS, William E. Winingham, Wilson, Kehoe & Winingham, Indianapolis, IN, Irwin B. Levin, Cohen & Malad, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas G. Stayton, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas S. Kilbane, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Daniel P. Byron, Bingham McHale, Indianapolis, IN, Randall Riggs, Locke Reynolds, Indianapolis, IN, for Parties-in-Interest.