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RUSSELL v. CHRYSLER CORP.

Docket Nos. 96233, 96833, 96834.

443 Mich. 617 (1993)

505 N.W.2d 263

RUSSELL v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION McCORKLE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denenberg, Tuffley & Jamieson, P.C. (by William G. Jamieson and Jeffrey R. Learned), and Dreyer & Associates (by James D. Dreyer) for the plaintiffs in Russell.

Gregory W. Stine, Edward M. Ricci, and Robert A. Sedler for the plaintiff in McCorkle.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman (by Thomas J. Manganello, Robert W. Powell, and Sandra J. LeFevre) for Chrysler Corporation.

Bowman & Brooke (by Frank Nizio, Terrence E. Haggerty, and Ronald C. Wernette, Jr.); (Thomas A. Ziolkowski, of counsel), for General Motors Corporation.

PER CURIAM:

In these cases, the defendants attempted to invoke the doctrine of forum non conveniens. In one action, the circuit court granted a motion to decline jurisdiction; in the other, such a motion was denied. On appeal, the Court of Appeals treated the doctrine as inapplicable on the ground that the corporate defendants are residents of Michigan. Because the doctrine is not subject to such a limitation, we remand these cases to the Court of Appeals for...

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