Iragorri v. International Elevator, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in considering private interest factors in case where neither witness could be compelled to attend trial in Maine
• concluding that remedy limitations in Colombia did not render forum inadequate
• recognizing that in either forum there would be some difficulty in ensuring live testimony from all relevant witnesses, and relying on the district court’s discretion to make the “judgment call” of which forum would be less problematic
• concluding that “a district court should grant leave to amend 18 even if no request to amend the pleading was made, unless it determines that the pleading 19 could not possibly be cured by the allegation of other facts”
• noting that a \mere suggestion of greater financial strain is meaningless unless and until the plaintiff demonstrates the nature and extent of the supposed limitations\
• emphasizing that \live testimony of key witnesses\ can be essential if the defendant shows how those witnesses are critical (cleaned up

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).