Cesar v. United Technology

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward J. Greenfield, J.

When this action was previously dismissed under CPLR 327 upon the urging of the defendants that New York was an inconvenient forum, the courts were obviously persuaded there was a better alternative forum in which the suit could be brought. (Varkonyi v S. A. Empresa De Viacao Airea Rio Grandense [Varig], 22 NY2d 333, 338; Bader & Bader v Ford, 66 AD2d 642, 645.) If there were no better alternative forum *920available, New York courts would retain jurisdiction even though the nexus with the State is slight. (Aboujdid v Gulf Aviation Co., 108 Misc 2d 175,…