PYLE v. PFIZER INC.

11482. 190360/16.

183 A.D.3d 411 (2020)

121 N.Y.S.3d 597

2020 NY Slip Op 02720

Diana Pyle et al., Respondents, v. Pfizer Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Coty Inc., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided May 7, 2020.


The movant seeking dismissal on the grounds of forum non conveniens has a "heavy burden" of establishing that New York is an inconvenient forum, and that a substantial nexus between New York and the action is lacking (Kuwaiti Eng'g Group v Consortium of Intl. Consultants, LLC, 50 A.D.3d 599, 600 [1st Dept 2008]). Here, defendants failed to establish that the balance of the forum non conveniens factors points "strongly in their favor...

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