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ADAMS v. ESC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 14-03-01286-CV.

161 S.W.3d 49 (2004)

Thomas G. ADAMS, D. O., et al., Appellants, v. ESC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. and Luxar Corporation, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston.

August 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Lewis, Robert W. Hildebrand, Patrick Zummo, Houston, for appellants.

Frank A. Monago, Marc Lance Ellison, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices FOWLER, EDELMAN, and SEYMORE.

OPINION

RICHARD H. EDELMAN, Justice.

In this products liability case, seventy appellants appeal the dismissal of their claims based on forum non conveniens ("FNC") on the grounds that ESC Medical Systems, Inc. and Luxar Corporation (collectively, "ESC") failed to show that: (1) there was a single preferable alternative forum; or (2) the Gilbert1 factors weighed strongly in favor of the dismissal. We affirm.

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