Franco v. Standard Marine Insurance

Determination of the Appellate Term, the order of the City Court and the judgment entered thereon, are reversed, on the law and on the facts, with costs to the appellant in this court and in the Appellate Term, *644and the motion to vacate the service of process and to dismiss the complaint is denied. We agree that the doctrine of forum non conveniens is not a bar to this suit, the plaintiff assignee being a New York resident {Wagner v. Braunsberg, 5 A D 2d 564). However, we do not agree that the maintenance of this action would constitute an unreasonable burden on foreign commerce. To require a…