CROWN OIL, ETC. v. SAFECO INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 79-960.

429 A.2d 1376 (1981)

CROWN OIL AND WAX COMPANY OF DELAWARE, Appellant, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Marder, Rockville, Md., with whom Thomas J. Sippel, Rockville, Md., was on the briefs, for appellant.

Daryl A. Chamblee, Washington, D. C., with whom Mary E. Baluss, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from the trial court's denial of appellant Crown Oil's motion to dismiss on the alternative grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. We hold that the denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is an interlocutory, unappealable order. The denial of a motion to dismiss based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens is a final...

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