Kelce v. Touche Ross & Co.

We are reviewing here the dismissal of an action instituted in a Colorado district court by a resident plaintiff. The trial court dismissed on the basis of forum non conveniens concluding, after a balancing of factors including the location of the evidence, the expense of securing witnesses and the availability of other courts, that Colorado was not an appropriate forum. The court of appeals, 37 Colo. App. 352, 549 P.2d 415 (1976), affirmed this decision. We reverse.

This is one of a large number of suits instituted in various parts of the country which stem from alleged improprieties in the…