BRATIC v. Rubendall

DISSENTING OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

I respectfully disagree with the majority’s disposition because I believe it creates an excessively high burden for defendants seeking to obtain a transfer on forum non conveniens grounds. The majority’s decision to discount allegations of hardship when alleged by (1) employee-witnesses of a corporate defendant and (2) defense witnesses who are engaged in “client-based” professions has the effect of making a forum non conveniens transfer practically unattainable in many cases. Based on my *504reading of this Court’s post-Cheeseman decisions, I conclude Appellees…