Fajardo v. Alejandro

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Wilma Guzman, J.), entered April 10, 2014, which granted defendant Rosa Alejandro’s motion to dismiss the complaint on forum non conveniens grounds, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

This action, commenced in Bronx County, arises from an accident that occurred in New York County, in which plaintiff, a resident of Connecticut, allegedly was hit by a car owned by defendant, a resident of New Jersey. Defendant established that the only connection between the action and the State of New York is that the accident occurred here — an insufficient connection to…