Brown v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Brown v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

193 S.E.2d 192, 127 Ga. App. 342, 1972 Ga. App. LEXIS 878

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedOctober 17, 1972

Docket46800

StatusPublished

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Brown v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, 193 S.E.2d 192, 127 Ga. App. 342, 1972 Ga. App. LEXIS 878 (Ga. Ct. App. 1972).

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Pannell, Judge.

The courts of this State may not apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens to an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act properly brought in a court in this State by a citizen of another State on a cause of action originating in yet another State, so as to refuse to exercise its jurisdiction and dismiss without prejudice the action so brought. Brown v. Seaboard C. L. R. Co., 229 Ga. 481, answering certified question from this court. Accordingly, the trial judge in the present case erred in sustaining the defendant railroad’s motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens.

Judgment reversed.

Hall, P. J., and Quillian, J., concur.

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Pannell, Judge.

The courts of this State may not apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens to an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act properly brought in a court in this State by a citizen of another State on a cause of action originating in yet another State, so as to refuse to exercise its jurisdiction and dismiss without prejudice the action so brought. Brown v. Seaboard C. L. R. Co., 229 Ga. 481, answering certified question from this court. Accordingly, the trial judge in the present case erred in sustaining the defendant railroad’s motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens.

Judgment reversed.

Hall, P. J., and Quillian, J., concur.

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