This case arises from a helicopter crash in a remote part of Peru, which resulted in the deaths of everyone on board. Plaintiffs brought wrongful death actions in Oregon against Evergreen Helicopters, Inc. (Evergreen), an Oregon corporation that provided the helicopter and the pilot. Evergreen filed motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ actions on the ground that, under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, Peru was the appropriate forum in which to litigate those cases…
ESPINOZA v EVERGREEN HELICOPTERS 2916
