Douglas J. OKKERSE and Lynn F. Okkerse, his wife, an incompetent, and Lauren Okkerse, a minor by Douglas J. Okkerse, her guardian, Appellees,
v.
Edward J. HOWE, III, Ford Motor Company, George Monroe Pfaumer, Arthur Eugene Pfaumer and Elizabeth C. Pfaumer, h/w, Lower Merion Township, Pa. Department of Transportation, Michael P. Erdman and Barbara Dubarry Erdman, h/w Russell Bement and Viola Bement, h/w, Louis K. Soladay, Robert Tucker, Dorothy H. Hall, Thomas C. Joyce and Nancelyn F. Joyce, h/w, George B. Lemon, Robert B. Wagner and Jean H. Wagner, h/w, William C. Pickett and Margaret R. Pickett, Albury N. Fleitas and Priscilla M. Fleitas, h/w Daniel Brainard Slack, Willig Howard, John Aronian, Joel Wasley and Virginia Denison.
Appeal of George Monroe PFAUMER, Arthur Eugene Pfaumer and Elizabeth C. Pfaumer.
Appeal of TOWNSHIP OF LOWER MERION.
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Argued December 8, 1988.
Decided March 15, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles W. Craven, Margaret A. Wurzer, Philadelphia, and Victor Verbeke, West Conshohocken, for appellant.
Benjamin E. Zuckerman, Norristown, for Lower Merion Tp.
David R. Black, Media, for Doug, Lynn and Lauren Okkerse.
Larry E. Coben, and Joseph V. Pinto, Philadelphia, for Ford Motor Co.
Gordon W. Gerber and Edwin L. Scherlis, Philadelphia, for Michael and Barbara Erdman.
Louis K. Soladay, I.P.P.
James C. Stroud, Philadelphia, for Dorothy Hall and George Lemon.
William J. McKinley, Philadelphia, for William and Margaret Pickett.
Edward J. David, Philadelphia, for Daniel B. Slack.
Brian P. Sullivan, Plymouth Meeting, for John Aronian.
Donald J. Mathews, Jr. and Thomas P. Bracaglia, Philadelphia, for Virginia Denison.
Charles W. Craven and Margaret A. Wurzer, Philadelphia, for George, Arthur and Elizabeth Pfaumer.
John Salmon, Philadelphia, for Edward J. Howe.
Theodore J. Chylack, Norristown, for PennDOT.
Madeline M. Sherry, Philadelphia, for Russell and Viola Bement.
Robert Tucker, I.P.P., Pittsburgh.
Gerard J. St. John, Philadelphia, for Tom and Nancelyn Joyce.
James F. Zaccaria and Louis Pera, Philadelphia, for Albury and Priscilla Fleitas.
E. Paul Maschmeyer, Bryn Mawr, for Willig Howard.
Alan Jay Dion and Mary Carter Smith, Philadelphia, for Joel E. Wasley.
Robert H. Wagner, I.P.P.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
This appeal has evolved from a procedural morass and presents us with an opportunity to discuss the concept of forum non conveniens. The underlying facts of this case are as follows. On June 3, 1983, Lynn F. Okkerse was in a serious car accident which occurred at the intersection of New Gulph and Avon roads, located in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.
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