Court Opinion

ID: 9766739
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:57:28.687633+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:37:48.060141
License: Public Domain

BILLINGS, Judge,
concurring in result.
The principal opinion recognizes and acknowledges that this suit was brought “at the location of the home office of the defendant.” This fact, standing alone, forecloses any issue of forum non conveniens.
Because I fear some of the language found in the principal opinion would restrict the current policy of vesting discretion in the circuit courts, I cannot subscribe to such a change of policy. So long as plaintiff’s selection of the forum complies with the statutes and rules governing venue, the defendant should not be permitted to select the site of suit by an expanded judicial doctrine called forum non conve-niens. Consequently, I concur only in result.