Bewers v. American Home Products Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Margaret Taylor,- J.

These three cases, consolidated by stipulation, come before the court on defendants’ motions to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens. (CPLR 327.) Plaintiffs’ choice of forum is being vigorously contested, probably not so much because defendants are unaccustomed to international travel, but because, as both sides know, the outcome *992of this procedural motion may well be dispositive of plaintiffs’ claims.

Plaintiffs are three English women and their husbands. The women sue for serious personal injuries claimed to have resulted from ingestion of…