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PARRA v. CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AMERICA

No. 1 CA-CV 08-0556.

213 P.3d 361 (2009)

Maria Elisa Pozo PARRA, the surviving mother of Maria Fernanda Chavez Pozo and the surviving daughter of Maria Elisa Parra Morales, on her own behalf and on behalf of Luis Chavez Reyes, the father of Maria Fernanda Chavez Pozo; Sandra Guadalupe Parra, a single woman and Eulalia Mejia Avila, a single woman; Maria Elisa Pozo Parra, as mother and next best friend for Maria Guadalupe Pozo Parran, a minor, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AMERICA, INC., an Ohio corporation; Bill Alexander Automotive Center, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

July 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Thomas F. Dasse, P.C. By Thomas F. Dasse, Michael E. Medina, Jr., Tucson, Attorneys for Appellants.

Kunz Plitt Hyland Demlong & Kleifield, P.C. By Matthew D. Kleifield, Robert C. Ashley, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellees.

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 The superior court in this case dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds a personal injury and wrongful death case brought in Arizona against defendants who argued that Mexico presented a more convenient forum. Our review requires us to consider the burden imposed on a defendant to overcome the deference that the law requires be given to a resident plaintiff's choice of forum. Because we conclude the superior court...

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