ESTATE OF KAINER v. UBS AG

No. 76.

37 N.Y.3d 460 (2021)

181 N.E.3d 537

160 N.Y.S.3d 182

2021 NY Slip Op 07056

ESTATE OF MARGARET KAINER et al., Appellants, v. UBS AG et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York City ( Robert S. Smith of counsel), and Krauss PLLC, New York City ( Geri S. Krauss of counsel), for appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City ( Marshall R. King of counsel), for UBS AG and another, respondents, and Franzino & Scher LLC, New York City ( William M. Barron of counsel), for Norbert Stiftung and another, respondents.

Edward McGlynn Gaffney , Los Angeles, California, of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, for Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and others, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

On this appeal, plaintiffs ask us to hold that defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint on forum non conveniens grounds must be denied as a matter of law. We conclude, however, that Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in granting defendants...

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