Aveta, Inc. v. Colon

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that language barrier was significant factor in forum non conveniens analysis where translators would be needed not only for witness testimony but to allow defendant to communicate with counsel
• staying an action pending the outcome of a Puerto Rico action based upon forum non conveniens despite a forum selection clause designating Delaware as the forum
• granting a stay where a language barrier existed thus requiring a translator for evidence and witnesses, and the Cryo-Maid factors weighed in favor of the defendant
• declining to enforce forum selection clause and dismissing case where “the enforceability of the non-competition agreement will be evaluated under Puerto Rico’s—not Delaware’s law” among other factors favoring dismissal
• grant oí forum non conveniens motion permitted only when hardship to defendant is “overwhelming”
• “[D]espite linguistic appearance to the contrary, forum non conveniens is not a doctrine of convenience; it is a doctrine of significant, actual hardship.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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• Huffington v. T.C. Group, LLC
  First Circuit· 2011-02-25· cited 110×
• Martinez v. E.i. Dupont De Nemours & Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-02-20· cited 82×
• Espinoza v. Evergreen Helicopters, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-04-14· cited 73×
• Martinez v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2012-12-05· cited 19×
• Saunders v. Saunders
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2019-08-01· cited 9×
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  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-12-17
• Conley v. GlaxosmithKline, LLC
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2016-09-12
• In re Bay Hills Emerging Partners I, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-07-02
• Ethica Corporate Finance S.r.L. v. DANA Incorporated
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2018-08-16
• GXP Capital, LLC v. Argonaut Manufacturing Services, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-05-04
• GXP Capital, LLC v. Argonaut Manufacturing Services, Inc.
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• Zilberstein v. Frankenstein
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-11-12
• Shareholder Representative Services LLC v. DC Capital Partners Fund II, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2022-02-14
• In re: CVS Opioid Insurance Litigation
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-08-12
• Timothy J. Harris v. Mary Ellen Harris
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-01-23
• Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. v. Nokia Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-01-31
• In Re AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-07-21
• Cresa Global Inc. v. Chirisa Capital Management (US) LLC
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-01-09