GOWEN v. HELLY NAHMAD GALLERY, INC.

650646/14. 8501. 8500.

169 A.D.3d 580 (2019)

95 N.Y.S.3d 62

2019 NY Slip Op 01350

George W. Gowen, Respondent, v. Helly Nahmad Gallery, Inc., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided February 26, 2019.


In this action seeking return of a painting allegedly looted by the Nazi-occupied French government, the motion court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens (see Swaney v Academy Bus Tours of N.Y., Inc., 158 A.D.3d 437 [1st Dept 2018]; see also Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 N.Y.2d 474, 478...

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