Prestige Brands, Inc. v. Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rudolph, J.), entered January 14, 2009, as granted that branch of the defendants’ motion which was to dismiss the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
“The common-law doctrine of forum non conveniens, also articulated in CPLR 327 (a), permits a court to stay or dismiss [an] action[ ] where it is determined that the action, although…
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