FILHO v. BORGES

651935/2018. Appeal No. 11915-11915A. Case No. 2019-3785.

187 A.D.3d 406 (2020)

129 N.Y.S.3d 758

2020 NY Slip Op 05284

Alceu Antimo Vezozzo Filho et al., Appellants, v. Raquel Moura Borges et al., Respondents.

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

Decided October 1, 2020.


The court properly balanced the forum non conveniens factors set forth in Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi (62 N.Y.2d 474, 479 [1984], cert denied 469 U.S. 1108 [1985]), including the nonresidency of all but one of the parties, and the allegations concerning the location of the events giving rise to the action and of the potential witnesses and documents, which center largely in Brazil, and correctly found that the balance...

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