Lake Ex Rel. Lake v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• compelling local interest in assuring proper and prudent conduct with regard to locally produced products having potentially devestating effects
• denying dismissal for forum non conve-niens because no alternative forum available; plaintiffs filed action in federal district court long after expiration of period prescribed by laws of Quebec, proposed alternative forum
• choice of law based upon a weighing of government interests, without reference to lex loci delicti
• choice of law based upon a weighing of government interests, without reference to lex loci delicti
• sufficient local interest to retain action because defendant headquartered in forum chosen and tor-tious acts all occurred within forum
• “Where no alternative forum exists, the court may deny the defendant’s motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens and need not consider the private and public factors to determine which forum is more convenient.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).