Case Name: Barbara Schrader v. United Services Automobile Association
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1994-01-04
Citations: 33 Conn. App. 923
Docket Number: 12266
Parties: Barbara Schrader v. United Services Automobile Association
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Appellate Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 923–923

Head Matter:
Barbara Schrader v. United Services Automobile Association
(12266)
Lavery, Heiman and Spear, Js.
Argued December 8, 1993
decision released January 4, 1994
Mary-Margaret Dalton, for the appellant (plaintiff).
Earl F. Dewey II, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The trial court properly weighed and balanced the forum non conveniens factors as set out in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 507, 67 S. Ct. 839, 91 L. Ed. 1055 (1947). Moreover, a Virginia court had already rendered a judgment declaring that Virginia law applied to the policy and that the plaintiff had no rights under the underinsured motorist provisions. That judgment was affirmed on appeal. The plaintiff's argument that a Connecticut court should be given the opportunity to reach a different result on public policy grounds is not supported by authority and is not persuasive in its reasoning.
The judgment is affirmed.