Convenience and interest of justice outweigh original choice of forum
By Stephen Carr
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A U.S. plaintiff’s choice of forum will not always win out in a dispute over activity occurring abroad. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois kicked a lawsuit to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas at the defendants’ request, despite the fact that one of the plaintiffs was an Illinois citizen suing over a robbery in Argentina.
While vacationing in Argentina, burglars broke into an Airbnb house rented by a newly married couple and their relatives