Legal Opinion
Basil Stewart v. Dow Chemical Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1989No. 87-2223PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Stewart and the other plaintiffs appeal from a dismissal of their product liability claims based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. He, along with the other plaintiffs in this action, are citizens of New Brunswick,\Canada, who sued Dow Chemical, Co. (Dow), a Michigan corporation, in a federal district court in Michigan. Dow moved to dismiss on a number of grounds, including that of forum non conveniens, claiming that New Brunswick’s interest in this case, as well as the alleged location of most of the evidence in the case, mandated that the suit be heard in New…
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