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LA FONTAINE v. SIGNATURE RESEARCH, INC.

S18G0078.

823 S.E.2d 791 (2019)

LA FONTAINE et al. v. SIGNATURE RESEARCH, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 4, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson C. Callier , THE CALLIER FIRM, P. O. Box 2604, Columbus, Georgia 31902-2604, Mark Kelley Schwartz , DRIGGERS, SCHULTZ & HERBST, P.C., 2600 W. Big Beaver Rd, Suite 550, Troy, Michigan 48084, for Appellant.

David Andrew Olson , FAIN MAJOR & BRENNAN PC, 100 Glenridge Point Parkway, Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, Barbara Anne Marschalk , DREW ECKL & FARNHAM, P.O. Box 7600, Atlanta, Georgia 30357-0600, Matthew J. Johnson , DAVIS MATTHEWS & QUIGLEY P.C., 3400 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Rebecca J. Schmidt , DREW ECKL & FARNHAM, 303 Peachtree Street NE Suite 3500, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Appellee.

We granted certiorari in this case to resolve whether the trial court properly applied OCGA § 9-10-31.1, Georgia's forum non conveniens statute, to dismiss a lawsuit filed in Georgia by residents of Michigan against a Georgia corporation in favor of it being filed in the foreign country where the underlying event occurred....

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