Legal Opinion
Hovatter, D. v. CSX Transportation
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 13, 2018No. 3379 EDA 2016; 631 EDA 2017PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY PLATT, J.:
*422 In these consolidated cases, Appellant, CSX Transportation, Inc., (or CSXT), a Virginia corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, appeals from the denials of its motions to dismiss two complaints filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens , for re-filing in a more appropriate forum. Appellees, David W. Hovatter and Edward M. Wilson, both railroad workers employed by Appellant and neither a resident of Pennsylvania, filed complaints in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, claiming under the Federal…
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