Picketts v. International Playtex, Inc.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting a motion to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens. On March 12,1985, Linda Ann Picketts, a thirty-three year old mother of two children, died in British Columbia, Canada of toxic shock syndrome1 allegedly caused by a defectively designed “super absorbent” Playtex tampon. The plaintiffs, Randy Picketts, individually and in his capacities as both the executor of his wife’s estate and as the next friend of the decedent’s minor children, Leanne and Dean Picketts, all Canadian citizens, subsequently…