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HODSON v. A.H. ROBINS CO.

No. 82-1582.

715 F.2d 142 (1983)

Carol Patricia HODSON, Appellee, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, and Hugh J. Davis, Irwin S. Lerner, Pee Wee Molding Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Marie Whittemore, Richmond, Va. (Robert H. Patterson, Jr., Robert E. Draim, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Michael Friedman, San Francisco, Cal. (Conklin, Davids & Friedman, San Francisco, Cal., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.

HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

Among the hundreds of products liability cases pending against A.H. Robins Co. throughout the United States, there are pending in the Eastern District of Virginia thirty-two such cases in which the plaintiffs are foreign nationals. The defendants moved to dismiss those cases on the ground of forum non conveniens. The motions were denied, and their denial was reaffirmed after rehearing. The appeal in this action, designated...

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