Opinion ID: 2360339
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Applicability of Delaware law

Text: The trial court found that this factor weighed heavily in favor of dismissing the action. The issues raised in the complaint are governed by Florida, not Delaware, law. Moreover, there are no cases construing the Florida statute that arguably relegates Berger to an appraisal action as his exclusive remedy for the alleged wrongs. Since this case presents novel and important issues of Florida corporate law, the Court of Chancery concluded that the Florida courts should resolve them. This factor, like the other Cryo-Maid factors, would support dismissing a first-filed Delaware action only if it created overwhelming hardship. It does not. Delaware courts often decide legal issues  even unsettled ones  under the law of other jurisdictions. [5] Accordingly, this Court has held that [t]he application of foreign law is not sufficient reason to warrant dismissal under the doctrine of forum non conveniens.  [6]