Legal Opinion
Gore v. United States Steel Corp.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 3, 1954PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The defendant moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ action under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The Law Division denied the motion and the Appellate Division granted leave to appeal under R. R. 2:2-3(b). We certified upon our own motion.
The defendant United States Steel Corporation is incorporated in New Jersey but does business throughout the country. One of its branches, known as the Tennessee Coal & Iron Division, operates the Fairfield Tin Mill at Fairfield, Alabama. On August 10, 1952 the decedent Hubert Gore was at the tin mill as an…
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