Kent v. Martin

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan A. Madden, J.), entered July 27, 2010, which granted respondents’ motion to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

This is a defamation action by a Canadian resident against a Canadian journalist and the publishers of two Canadian newspapers. All the corporate defendants are incorporated and have their principal places of business in Canada (see Georgakis v Excel Mar. Carriers Ltd., 72 AD3d 494 [2010]; Adamowicz v Besnainou, 58 AD3d 546 [2009]). Even if jurisdictionally sound, the action would be more…