Payne v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DIST. COURT, ETC.

OPINION

Riker Laboratories, defendant below, filed a motion in the district court to dismiss petitioner’s complaint. The motion contended that under the doctrine of forum non conveniens the district court was not the proper forum for trial of the action in that all transactions giving rise to the lawsuit occurred in the state of Wyoming and all evidence and a significant number of witnesses remained in the state of Wyoming. The district court found the doctrine of forum non conveniens applicable to the litigation and dismissed the action. Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the…