Sterling National Bank v. Eastern Shipping Worldwide, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter B. Tolub, J.), entered June 12, 2006, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint on grounds of forum non conveniens, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.
As this Court has previously noted, the “very point” of forum selection clauses, which render the designated forum convenient as a matter of law, is to avoid litigation over personal jurisdiction, as well as disputes arising over the application of the long-arm statute (CPLR 302…
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