SULLIVAN v. McNICHOLAS CO.


93 A.D.2d 527 (1983)

James H. Sullivan, as Administrator of The Estate of J. Ryan Sullivan, Deceased, Appellant, v. J. V. McNicholas Transfer Co. et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

May 25, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul William Beltz, P. C. (Kevin Sullivan of counsel), for appellant.

Maghran, McCarthy & Flynn (W. Donn McCarthy of counsel), for respondents.

CALLAHAN, DENMAN, GREEN and MOULE, JJ., concur.


HANCOCK, JR., J.

In Silver v Great Amer. Ins. Co. (29 N.Y.2d 356) the court relaxed its traditional proscription of the use of forum non conveniens in cases where one of the parties is a resident of the State, stating that "our courts should not be under any compulsion to add to their heavy burdens by accepting jurisdiction of a cause of action having no substantial nexus with New York" (Silver v Great...

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