Lesser v. Boughey
Hawaii Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MOON, Chief Justice.
This appeal arises from the first circuit court’s order dismissing the complaint of plaintiffs-appellants Richard Lesser and Hruska and Lesser, a Law Partnership [hereinafter, Lesser] on the grounds of forum non conveniens.
On February 21, 1997, Lesser filed a complaint against defendants-appellees James Boughey, and Boughey, Garvie and Bushner, a law partnership [hereinafter Boughey] in the first circuit court. On June 30, 1997, Boughey filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the grounds of forum non conveniens and two other motions not relevant to this appeal. The…
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