WASHINGTON v. MAY DEPT. STORES

No. 12375.

388 A.2d 484 (1978)

Ernest A. WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. The MAY DEPARTMENT STORES et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Nappo, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Donald P. Maiberger, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

This appeal requires that we determine whether the trial court erred in granting appellees' motion to dismiss a complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens. Appellant is a resident of the District of Columbia, who sought damages for false arrest, malicious prosecution, defamation, and negligence allegedly attributable to appellee, a New York corporation which operates the Hecht Company Department Stores in the Washington, D. C., metropolitan...

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