Creighton E. MILLER, as Administrator of the Estate of Elias Watson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., a/k/a Allied Chemical, Amerada Hess Corp., Amoco Corp., a/k/a Standard Oil of Indiana, Arco Chemical Co., Atlantic Richfield Co, Inc., Chevron Chemical Co., a/k/a Gulf Oil Chemicals Co, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., a/k/a Gulf Oil Corp., Citgo Petroleum Corp, a/k/a Cities Service Co.; Dow Chemical, U.S.A., Drew Chemical Co., E.I. Du Pont Denemours & Co., Exxon Chemical Americas, Exxon Co., U.S.A., Exxon Corp., Fina Oil & Chemical Co., a/k/a Fina Oil, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., Marathon Oil Co., Mobil Oil Corp., Monsanto Company, Pennzoil-products Co., Phillips Petroleum Co., Shell Oil Co., Southwestern Refining Co., Inc., Sun Oil Co., Texaco, Inc., Union Carbide Corp., Unocal, a/k/a Union Oil Co. of California, Defendant-Appellees.
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Submitted April 6, 1999, at Detroit.
Decided June 4, 1999, at 9:00 a.m.
Released for Publication September 10, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C. (by Leonard C. Jaques, Michael J. Connor, Robert J. Allen, and Donald A. Krispin), Detroit, for the plaintiff.
Dykema Gossett, PLLC (by Joseph C. Basta, Kathleen McCree Lewis, and Jill M. Wheaton), Detroit, for Allied Signal, Inc., Amerada Hess Corp., Amico Corp., Arco Chemical Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., Inc., Chevron Chemical Co., Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Citgo Petroleum Corp., Dow Chemical, U.S.A., Drew Chemical Co., Exxon Chemical Americas, Exxon Co., U.S.A., Exxon Corp., Fina Oil & Chemical Co., Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., Marathon Oil Co., Mobil Oil Corp., Monsanto Company, Phillips Petroleum Co., Shell Oil Co., Southwestern Refining Co., Inc., Sun Oil Co., Texaco, Inc., Union Carbide Corp., and Unocal.
Butzel Long (by J. Michael Huget and John C. Blattner) (Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., by Joseph P. Esposito, P.C., Ann Arbor, and Stefan A. Hagerup, of Counsel), Washington D.C., for Pennzoil Products Co.
Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Robert S. Krause, Robert W. Powell, and Shari M. Borsini), Detroit, for E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
Before: HOOD, P.J., and HOLBROOK, JR., and WHITBECK, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Michigan.
PER CURIAM.
The trial court dismissed plaintiff's claim against defendants on the basis of improper venue and, alternatively, forum non conveniens. Plaintiff appeals as of right, and we reverse and remand.
Plaintiff, an Ohio resident, as personal representative of the estate of Elias Watson, deceased, brought this wrongful death action against defendants in the Wayne Circuit Court, alleging causes of action under...
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