Standard Chartered Bank v. Ahmad Hamad Al Gosaibi & Bros.

OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

Ahmad Hamad Al Gosaibi and Brothers Co., et al. (“AHAB”) appeals from the order entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas denying its motion to vacate judgment in favor of Standard Chartered Bank (“Standard Chartered”). On appeal, AHAB challenges the Pennsylvania trial court’s decision to give full faith and credit to a New York judgment recognizing a Bahraini money judgment in favor of Standard Chartered. We hold that the New York court’s decision to recognize the foreign nation judgment is entitled to full faith and credit in Pennsylvania.…