Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. KAWASAKI USA
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 10, 2010No. 107,824. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2Published
1Opinion of the Court
DEBORAH B. BARNES, Judge.
T1 Ken Shepherd (Shepherd) appeals 1 from the trial court's judgment, filed on January 8, 2010, 2 dismissing his lawsuit against Kawasaki USA (Kawasaki) 3 on the grounds of forum non convemiens. Shepherd had purchased a Kawasaki motoreycle in 2007 in Katy, Texas. After several failed repair attempts in Texas and Mexico, Shepherd, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, sued Kawasaki in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, for breach of warranty. Kawasaki filed its answer and then, nearly five months later, filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit, asserting forum mon conveniens. Finding the…
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