International litigation, Forum Non Conveniens and punitive damages: the case of Spanair's air accident / Litigación internacional, Forum Non Conveniens y daños punitivos: el caso del accidente aéreo de Spanair

Abstract

On 20 August 2008 he moved to the history of Spanish civil aviation as a black day. A plane of Spanair taking off from Madrid-Barajas airport was due Gran Canaria suffered a fatal accident on takeoff. 18 people survived with injuries of varying degrees and 154 died. From a pragmatic perspective, this work tries to clear two unknowns: the International Judicial Jurisdiction and State Law applicable to a case where there is a contractual liability of a product.

Keywords

• Tort
• plane crash
• Hague Convention 1973
• Forum non Conveniens
• Punitive Damages