Ortalano v. Yu He

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered December 22, 2014, which conditionally granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 327 (a), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs, Pennsylvania residents, commenced this action in Bronx County against defendants, New Jersey residents, for alleged injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident in Orange County, New York. Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in dismissing the complaint based upon the doctrine of forum non conveniens (see Islamic Republic of Iran v…