55 A.D.2d 905 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1977
In an action to recover damages for breach of contract and negligence, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated April 13, 1976, which, inter alia, denied its motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 327. Order reversed, on the law and in the interest of justice, with $50 costs and disbursements, motion granted, and complaint dismissed. On this appeal, in an action to recover damages for breach of contract and negligence, the issue is whether Special Term’s denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 327 (forum non conveniens) constituted an improvident exercise of discretion. Plaintiff Hormel International Corporation, a subsidiary of Geo. A. Hormel & Co., a Minnesota-based food products company, is a Delaware corporation which has its office in New York. Defendant Arthur Andersen & Co. is an international firm of public accountants, organized as an Illinois partnership, with world headquarters in Chicago and offices