SHIBOLETH v. YERUSHALMI


268 A.D.2d 300 (2000)

702 N.Y.S.2d 32

AMNON SHIBOLETH et al., Respondents, v. JOSEPH YERUSHALMI et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. JOSEPH YERUSHALMI et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHIBOLETH, YISRAELI, ROBERTS & ZISMAN, L. L. P., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided January 18, 2000.


The third-party action was properly dismissed on the ground of forum non conveniens. Although one of the third-party defendant law firms did not move for such relief, the other third-party defendants did, and all of the claims should be decided in Israel, where most of them arose, most of the witnesses are located, and the law of which applies (CPLR 327 [a]). The complaint was also properly dismissed on the basis of the agreement providing for arbitration.

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