FROST v. PEOPLES DRUG STORE, INCORPORATED

Nos. 6431 and 6472 to 6474.

327 A.2d 810 (1974)

Delores D. FROST et al., Appellants, v. PEOPLES DRUG STORE, INCORPORATED, et al., Appellees. MAY DEPARTMENT STORES t/a the Hecht Company et al., Appellants, v. Pilin TIRDTHAMUTID et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Sakayan, Rockville, Md., with whom Erwin A. Alpern, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants in No. 6431.

J. Roy Thompson, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom John Jude O'Donnell, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs, for appellees in No. 6431, and for appellants, May Dept. Stores in Nos. 6472, 6473, and 6474.

Denver H. Graham, Washington, D. C., for appellant, Mut. Protective Association, in No. 6474.

William S. Burroughs, Jr., Arlington, Va., with whom Jerry K. Emrich, Arlington, Va., was on the brief, for appellees in Nos. 6472, 6473, and 6474.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, PAIR, Associate Judge, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.


REILLY, Chief Judge:

These cases are before us on appeals from orders entered in the Superior Court disposing of motions for dismissal filed by defendants on the ground of forum non conveniens.

In No. 6431, a damage action for personal injuries incurred at a retail pharmacy in Prince George's County, Maryland, the trial judge granted the motion to dismiss, noting that a suit arising out of the same incident had been filed by the same plaintiffs in the...

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