Prospector: Who really cares about what Judge Greene thought? His opinions are about as relevant as those of McFarlane. In any event, Judge Greene was not called upon to determine who was to blame within AirNZ. He was called upon to determine whether the US Navy was partly to blame.
Toshirozero: The reason why a lot of accident cases are heard in the USA is because there are a lot of Boeing aircraft in service around the world. But there is no automatic right to sue in the American courts. For example, take the recent Airbus accident off Brazil. There would be no basis for a US court to hear litigation concerning that accident (unless, perhaps, one of the components was faulty and was manufactured by a US company.)