The Georgia Court of Appeals found that an out-of-state aircraft manufacturer accused of performing a faulty repair on a plane that crashed and killed two people could not be sued in Georgia because the company’s contacts with the state were insufficient to establish jurisdiction.
A three-judge appellate panel issued an opinion on Feb. 19 in the case Cascade Aircraft Management v. Velazco. The ruling, authored by Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard, reversed a trial court’s decision denying a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought on behalf of Antenor and Kathleen Velazco, who died in the fatal 2021 crash.