Legal Opinion
Patriot Exploration, LLC v. Thompson & Knight LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 27, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered June 4, 2009, which denied defendant’s motion for dismissal of the action on the ground that New York is an inconvenient forum, affirmed, without costs.
In this legal malpractice action, the motion court did not abuse its discretion in declining to dismiss this action on forum non conveniens grounds (see Shin-Etsu Chem. Co., Ltd. v ICICI Bank Ltd., 9 AD3d 171, 175-177 [2004]). Since the court may grant a forum non conveniens motion “on any conditions that may be just” (CPLR 327 [a]), which includes the power to impose…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Islamic Republic of Iran v. PahlaviNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. v. ICICI Bank Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Highgate Pictures, Inc. v. De PaulAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Chawafaty v. Chase Manhattan BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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