Daugherty v. Inland Tugs Co.

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• relying on “unchallenged assertions” from preliminary objections to reverse denial of forum non conveniens claim pursuant to federal law/policy considerations under Federal Employers Liability Act
• reversing the trial court’s dismissal of the defendants’ preliminary objections to venue based on forum non conveniens and staying the proceedings in the Pennsylvania forum pending the plaintiffs institution of suit in an appropriate forum
• contacts with Pennsylvania so slight that lower court abused its discretion in dismissing defendants’ preliminary objections on grounds of forum non conveniens

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