Legal Opinion
Dunkwu v. Neville
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1990No. 89-681PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
In this case, we take the unusual step of reversing a discretionary decision of the trial court denying a motion to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens. We do so because otherwise we would adopt a rule permitting a motion of this kind to be defeated by a showing of very little more than that the plaintiff chose the courts of the District of Columbia as her forum.
A
Plaintiff Neville, a resident of Virginia, brought suit individually and as next friend of her infant daughter against appellant Dunkwu, a resident of Virginia and a physician specializing in…
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