Raymond v. Park Terrace Apartments, Inc.

MONTEMURO, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the Order docketed November 23, 2004, in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, granting the petition of Appellee Bradford White Corporation to transfer venue to Delaware County on the basis of forum non conveniens.1 For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand the matter to Philadelphia County.

¶ 2 On January 4, 2003, Appellant Michael Raymond fell into a bathtub filled with scalding water in his apartment at 1023 Ward Street in Chester, Delaware County. Although his niece Desiree Staples pulled him from the tub almost immediately,…