Guizerix v. Schaubhut

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• concluding that the appellees had not demonstrated sufficiently weighty reasons to overcome appellant’s choice of forum, due to “other factors present here, which, ... were not considered by the trial judge”
• holding that the private factors weighed against dismissal where more than half of the corporate defendants maintained documents, conducted relevant clinical trials, and manufactured the vaccines giving rise to the lawsuit in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• reversing forum non conveniens dismissal where the trial judge “did not discuss the arguments presented by appellants, but focused primarily on the parties’ lack of ties to Philadelphia County”
• reversing trial court's holding that the people of Pennsylvania had no interest in the case since several of the defendant drug companies make critical manufacturing and marketing decisions there
• reversing grant of forum non conveniens dismissal where plaintiffs alleged “detailed relevant corporate actions” taken by multiple corporate defendants in Pennsylvania and identified 21 potential witnesses who live or work in Philadelphia area
• reversing dismissal for forum non conveniens because, inter alia, discovery was substantially complete

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