Legal Opinion
Irish National Insurance Company, Limited v. Aer Lingus Teoranta, D/B/A Aer Lingus-Irish Airlines
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 13, 1984No. Cal. 1172, Docket 84-7140PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
The doctrine of forum non conveniens ostensibly is invoked to determine in which of two jurisdictions a case should be tried. In some instances, however, invocation of the doctrine will send the case to a jurisdiction which has imposed such severe monetary limitations on recovery as to eliminate the likelihood that the ease will be tried. When it is obvious that this will occur, discussion of convenience of witnesses takes on a Kafkaesque quality — everyone knows that no witnesses ever will be called to testify. This appears to be such a case.
The Irish National…
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