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LEHMAN v. HUMPHREY CAYMAN, LTD.

No. 82-1645.

713 F.2d 339 (1983)

Victoria A. LEHMAN, as Executor of the Estate of Robert Wayne Lehman, deceased, Appellant, v. HUMPHREY CAYMAN, LTD. and Holiday Inns, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minor Barnes, Matthew G. Novak, Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellant.

James W. Crawford, Elizabeth A. Brown, Crawford, Sullivan & Read, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Chief Judge.

Victoria Lehman appeals from the district court's dismissal of her wrongful death action against the defendants. The district court dismissed the action on the ground of forum non conveniens, holding that it would be more convenient for the suit to be brought in the Cayman Islands, British West Indies. We reverse and remand to the district court with directions to reinstate the suit.

Lehman's action stems from the presumed death of her husband...

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