Carol Patricia Hodson v. A.H. Robins Company, a Corporation, and Hugh J. Davis, Irwin S. Lerner, Pee Wee Molding Corporation

HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

Among the hundreds of products liability cases pending against A.H. Robins Co. throughout the United States, there are pending in the Eastern District of Virginia thirty-two such eases in which the plaintiffs are foreign nationals. The defendants moved to dismiss those cases on the ground of forum non conveniens. The motions were denied, and their denial was reaffirmed after rehearing. The appeal in this action, designated by the district court as the lead case, followed.

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The plaintiff is a British subject. She brought this action in the United States District…