Brandon Hefferan v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Brandon and Sabine Hefferan, an American husband and German wife, have lived together in Germany since 2002. They seek damages for complications that arose when a surgical stapler manufactured by American corporation Ethicon Endo-Surgery allegedly malfunctioned during a surgery that Brandon Hefferan underwent in Germany. The district court granted Ethicon’s motion to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens in favor of litigating in Germany. That decision was not an abuse of the court’s discretion. We therefore affirm.

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Since 2002, Brandon and Sabine Heffer-an…