Legal Opinion
Terry Pantuso v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 31, 2015No. W2014-02315-COA-R9-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. STEVEN STAFFORD, P.J., W.S., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BRANDON 0. GIBSON, J., and KENNY ARMSTRONG, J., joined.
In this interlocutory appeal, the defendants appeal the trial court’s denial of their motion to dismiss a product liability lawsuit on the ground of forum non conve-niens. Discerning no abuse of discretion by the trial court, we affirm.
Background
On April 7, 2007, Plaintiff/Appellee Terry Pantuso filed a complaint alleging product liability against Defendants/Appellants Wright Medical Technology, Inc., (“Wright Medical Technology”) and its wholly owned…
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