HOLMES v. SYNTEX LABORATORIES, INC.

Docket No. A019462.

156 Cal.App.3d 372 (1984)

202 Cal. Rptr. 773

CATHERINE HOLMES et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SYNTEX LABORATORIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents. [And nineteen other cases.]

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

May 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Walter H. Walker III, Sterns, Smith, Elstead & Walker and Sterns, Smith & Walker for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Raoul D. Kennedy, Janice C. Hayes, Peter W. Davis, James C. Martin and Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that foreign plaintiffs' choice of California as the forum state for litigation against corporate defendants whose principal places of business are in this state and who are alleged to have committed a tort in California which is the basis for plaintiffs' claim, should not be disturbed, unless defendants establish that the balance of relevant factors weighs strongly in their favor. Absent such...

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