ROZANSKY FEED CO., INC. v. MONSANTO CO.

No. KCD 29822.

579 S.W.2d 810 (1979)

ROZANSKY FEED COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. MONSANTO COMPANY and General Host Corporation, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

April 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest H. Fremont, Jr., Wm. Dirk Vandever, Popham, Conway, Sweeny, Fremont & Bundschu, Kansas City, for appellant.

Lyman Field of Field, Gentry, Benjamin & Robertson, Kansas City, for respondent Monsanto Co.

J. Eugene Balloun and L. Franklin Taylor of Payne & Jones, Olathe, Kan., David R. Frensley of Ryder, Skeer, Rose & Frensley, Kansas City, for respondent General Host Corp.

Before SHANGLER, P. J., and SWOFFORD, C. J., and WASSERSTROM, J.


SWOFFORD, Chief Judge.

This is an action for damages arising from the sale, distribution and use of a chemical substance, polychlorinated biphenyls, known under the trade name of "Therminol" and referred to here as PCB. The court below dismissed this Missouri action upon the doctrine of forum non conveniens and this appeal followed. The scope of appellate review, therefore, is strictly limited to a determination of whether or not by so acting the trial court...

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