Legal Opinion
Kennecott Holdings Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 14, 1998No. C4-96-2087PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINGER, Justice.
The issue we consider is whether dismissal of a plaintiffs claim, properly pending in a Minnesota court, on the basis of forum non conveniens, must be conditioned to preserve the plaintiffs same procedural rights, including the statute of limitations, in the transfer court as it would have had in Minnesota where the case was filed. The district court held that it did not, but the court of appeals modified the dismissal to provide that plaintiff was entitled to have its rights preserved. We agree with the court of appeals and therefore affirm.
The respondents, Kennecott…
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