Hassanati
Hassanati v. International Lease Finance Corp.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Morrow, J.
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO APPOINT PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
On January 10, 2010, Mmadi Mlatamou Hassanati, individually, as heir and successor to Mohamed Abdou Said, and as guardian ad litem for Said’s children, filed this action in Los Angeles Superior Court. 1 Said perished in the crash of Yemenia *890 Airlines Flight 626 on June 30, 2009. 2 The airplane crashed into the Indian Ocean after an allegedly unsuccessful attempt to land at the Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport in Moroni, Comoros. On March 16, 2011, defendant International Lease Finance Corporation (“ILFC”) removed the action, invoking the court’s jurisdiction under the Multiparty, Multifo-rum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002 (“MMTJA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1369 , 1441(a), and 1441(e)(1)(A). 3 Hassanati filed a first amended complaint on May 12, 2011, adding others whose loved ones had died in the crash as plaintiffs.
On May 3, 2011, ILFC filed a motion to dismiss, 5 which the court granted on September 7, 2011 with leave to amend. 6 The court held that the Death on the High Seas Act (“DOHSA”) applied and preempted any state law wrongful death…