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LAWSUIT INVOLVED WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS LOCATED IN RUSSIA, DISMISSAL BASED UPON THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS WAS PROPER.

The First Department determine the lawsuit was properly dismissed under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The lawsuit involved people and documents located in Russia. The fact that defendants wired money from New York was not a sufficient contact:

“The application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens is a matter of discretion to be exercised by the trial court … . Contrary to plaintiff’s argument, “the availability of another suitable forum” is not “a prerequisite for applying the conveniens doctrine” … .

Considering all the relevant factors, the motion court providently exercised its discretion in applying the doctrine of forum non conveniens. What is left of the instant New York state complaint …is the claim that plaintiff (a Cypriot corporation with an office in Canada) should have received dividends from Yugraneft (a Russian company that owns an oil field in Siberia). The key events underlying the claim took place in Russia, where the bulk of the witnesses and documents are located. That the individual defendants may have wired funds from New York does not require a contrary result … .  “[O]ur courts should not be under any compulsion to add to their heavy burdens by accepting jurisdiction of a cause of action having no substantial nexus with New York” … . Norex Petroleum Ltd. v Blavatnik, 2017 NY Slip Op 05310, 1st Dept 6-29-17

 

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