Opinion ID: 1909657
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Heading: Location of the Acts

Text: Although the petitioners argue that many, if not all, of the acts giving rise to the action occurred in Newport News, Virginia, that fact alone does not warrant a dismissal based on § 6-5-430. Ex parte Integon Corp., 672 So.2d 497, 499 (Ala. 1995). Moreover, Gregory contends that several acts relevant to Shannon's death occurred outside Virginia. Before the trial court, in the May 9, 2002, hearing, Gregory's counsel made the following argument: The other point that Mr. [Anthony] Higgins [counsel for Cytodyne] made in his argument was that the events that underline this claim all occurred in Virginia[;] I beg to differ with them in that there are events that occurred in New Jersey, there are events that occurred inwell, primarily in New Jersey we are presuming, I haven't been able to do any discovery or take any depositions of Cytodyne's folks, but a number in the development of this product, the production of this product and the marketing of this product, those are all going to be areas that have to be [sic] testimony provided in this case and those are witnesses who are going to come from places other than Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and among other places.