Legal Opinion
Stangvik v. Shiley Inc.
California Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1991No. S018015PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In this case we address the question of the appropriate standards to be applied in deciding whether a trial court should grant a motion based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens when the plaintiff, a resident of a foreign country, seeks to bring suit against a California corporation in the courts of this state. We granted review to resolve a conflict between the opinion of the Court of Appeal in the present case on the one hand, and Corrigan v. Bjork Shiley Corp. (1986) 182 Cal.App.3d 166 [227 Cal.Rptr. 247], and Holmes v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc. (1984) 156 Cal.App.3d 372…
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