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Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal Granted Despite Co-Defendant's Objection by Lindsay H. Tasher
Holland & Knight LLP
Tampa Office
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July 12, 2008
Previously published on August 2007
Recently, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion that may function as a cautionary tale to plaintiffs who attempt to circumvent litigating a case in the most obvious, appropriate and convenient forum. Esheva v. Siberia Airlines1 was a personal-injury and wrongful-death airline case with a very unusual pre-trial agreement between the plaintiffs and one defendant, accompanied by the plaintiffs' apparent overconfidence in their ability to forum-shop.
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