PATRIOT EXPLORATION, LLC v. THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP

2540, 114436/082540, 114436/08.

75 A.D.3d 482 (2010)

905 N.Y.S.2d 592

PATRIOT EXPLORATION, LLC, et al., Respondents, v. THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP, Appellant.

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

Decided July 27, 2010.


In this legal malpractice action, the motion court did not abuse its discretion in declining to dismiss this action on forum non conveniens grounds (see Shin-Etsu Chem. Co., Ltd. v ICICI Bank Ltd., 9 A.D.3d 171, 175-177 [2004]). Since the court may grant a forum non conveniens motion "on any conditions that may be just" (CPLR 327 [a]), which includes the power to impose "reasonable conditions designed to protect plaintiffs'...

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