VARO v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

Docket No. A-3332-06T3, A-4020-06T3, A-4021-06T3, A-4022-06T3, A-4023-06T3, A-4024-06T3, A-4025-06T3, A-4026-06T3, A-4027-06T3, A-4028-06T3, A-4029-06T3, A-4030-06T3, A-4031-06T3, A-4032-06T3, A-4033-06T3, A-4034-06T3

948 A.2d 673 (2008)

400 N.J. Super. 508

Francisco Varo VARO and Carmen Herrera Laynez, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Defendant-Respondent. Manuel Alcedo Martin Bejarano and Mercedes Garcia Delgado, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Manuel Fuentes Bejarano, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Antonio Marquez Laynez and Maria Carmen Merino Salas, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Eleuterio Perez Laynez and Josefa Bernal Santos, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Francisco Caraballo Avalo and Josefa Montesinos Sampalo, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Gregorio Cabello Mancheno and Natividad Berenguer Pisones, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Theresa Ramirez Bocetta, Executrix for the Estate of Jose Rizo Bernal, and Theresa Ramirez Bocetta, individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Avelino Lopez Aroca, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Jose Garcia Barba and Maria Luisa Castellano Linares, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Guillermo Consuegra Garcia and Manuela Travieso Rodriguez, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Maria Garcia, Administratrix Ad Prosequendum for the Estate of Manuel Santos Lucero, and, Maria Garcia, individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Joaquin Marquez Garcia and Amparo Ponce Izquierdo, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Angela Esquerdo Luchuro, Executrix for the Estate of Jose Martin-Nino Barba, and Angela Esquerdo Luchuro, individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent. Juan Antonio Neva Blanco and Manuela Curtido Martin Arroyo, h/w, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell S. Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, argued the cause for appellants (Locks Law Firm, L.L.C., attorneys; Jennifer E. Troast and Mr. Cohen, on the briefs).

John C. Garde, Newark, argued the case for respondent (McCarter & English, L.L.P., attorneys; Mr. Garde and Debra M. Perry, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges PARRILLO, GILROY and BAXTER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, J.A.D.

At issue in this consolidated appeal is whether plaintiffs' actions should be dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds. Plaintiffs are fifteen lifelong Spanish nationals and residents, each of whom brought suit in New Jersey asserting product liability and breach of warranty claims arising from injuries allegedly suffered by exposure to asbestos while working aboard United States naval warships...

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