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CIVIC SOUTHERN FACTORS v. BONAT

65 N.J. 329 (1974)

322 A.2d 436

CIVIC SOUTHERN FACTORS CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JEROME BONAT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT AND THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA ET AL., THIRD PARTY DEFENDANTS, AND JOSEPH A. BONURA AND EUGENE V. FREED, THIRD PARTY DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence M. Powers, of the New York bar, argued the cause for defendant-appellant (Messrs. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Mr. Warren Lloyd Lewis and Mr. Powers of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Raymond J. Lamb argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Messrs. Lamb, Hutchinson, Thompson & Chappell, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.

The trial court dismissed plaintiff's complaint applying the doctrine of forum non conveniens on condition that defendant, a resident of New Jersey, accept service of process in New York, the trial court finding that the interests of justice required that the suit be tried in New York. The Appellate Division, in an unreported opinion, reversed, not being convinced that plaintiff should be denied access...

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