Rabinowitz v. Devereux Connecticut Glenholme

In this personal injury action, plaintiffs allege defendants’ negligent supervision of plaintiff Anapaula, a special needs student at the defendant Devereux Glenholme School, located in Connecticut, who intentionally jumped out of the window of her second floor dorm room and fractured her right ankle.

The common-law doctrine of forum non conveniens, codified in CPLR 327, permits a court to stay or dismiss an action where the action, although jurisdictionally sound, would be better adjudicated elsewhere (Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 NY2d 474, 479 [1984], cert denied 469 US 1108…