Peters v. Peters

The motion court properly exercised its discretion in finding that the fact of plaintiffs residence in New York is outweighed by the remaining factors under consideration on UBS AG’s motion to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens (see Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 NY2d 474, 479 [1984], cert denied 469 US 1108 [1985]). The transaction out of which the cause of action arose occurred in Switzerland, all the meetings described by plaintiff that involved UBS AG personnel took place in that country, nearly all the nonparty witnesses are there, Swiss law would apply to the claims,…