Jessop v. ACF INDUSTRIES, LLC

How courts have described this case

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• holding plaintiff did not prove Pennsylvania jury had relation to litigation, which involved activities that occurred in Kansas, based on fact that defendant did business in this Commonwealth and citizens of Pennsylvania might have interest in litigation
• affirming order granting defendants’ motion to dismiss case and granting leave to re-file lawsuit in Kansas
• affirming dismissal for forum non conveniens because Kansas was more appropriate forum
• even though defendant did business in Pennsylvania, because plaintiff failed to prove facts of case bore any connection to Commonwealth, trial court did not abuse discretion in dismissing case to be re-filed in alternate forum
• “A stipulation made by a defendant that he or she will submit to service of process and not raise the statute of limitations as a defense has been accepted by the courts as eliminating the concern regarding the availability of an alternate forum.”

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