116 STAT. 1826 PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 use under Rules 702, 703, or 705 of the Federal Rules of Evidence as evidence at trial, if— "(i) the defendant requests disclosure under subdivision (a)(1)(G) and the government complies; or "(ii) the defendant has given notice under Rule 12.2(b) of an intent to present expert testimony on the defendant's mental condition. This summary must describe the witness's opinions, the bases and reasons for those opinions, and the witness's qualifications". isusCapp. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect on December 1, 2002. Multiparty, SEC. 11020. MULTIPARTY, MULTIFORUM TRIAL JURISDICTION ACT OF Multiforum Trial 2002. Jurisdiction Act of 2002. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This section may be cited as the "Multiparty, 28 USC 1 note. Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002". (b) MULTIPARTY, MULTIFORUM JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS.— (1) BASIS OF JURISDICTION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ^§ 1369. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction "(a) IN GENERAL.— The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action involving minimal diversity between adverse parties that arises from a single accident, where at least 75 natural persons have died in the accident at a discrete location, if— "(1) a defendant resides in a State and a substantial part of the accident took place in another State or other location, regardless of whether that defendant is also a resident of the State where a substantial part of the accident took place; "(2) any two defendants reside in different States, regardless of whether such defendants are also residents of the same State or States; or "(3) substantial parts of the accident took place in different States. " (b) LIMITATION OF JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS. — The district court shall abstain from hearing any civil action described in subsection (a) in which— "(1) the substantial majority of all plaintiffs are citizens of a single State of which the primary defendants are also citizens; and "(2) the claims asserted will be governed primarily by the laws of that State. "(c) SPECIAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this section— "(1) minimal diversity exists between adverse parties if any party is a citizen of a State and any adverse party is a citizen of another State, a citizen or subject of a foreign state, or a foreign state as defined in section 1603(a) of this title; "(2) a corporation is deemed to be a citizen of any State, and a citizen or subject of any foreign state, in which it is incorporated or has its principal place of business, and is
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