Opinion
(12266)
Argued December 8, 1993
Decision released January 4, 1994
Action to recover uninsured motorist benefits allegedly due under a motor vehicle insurance policy issued by the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Waterbury, where the court, Sylvester, J., granted the defendant's motion to dismiss and rendered judgment thereon, from which the plaintiff appealed to this court. Affirmed.
Mary-Margaret Dalton, for the appellant (plaintiff).
Earl F. Dewey II, for the appellee (defendant).
The trial court properly weighed and balanced the forum non conveniens factors as set out in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 507, 67 S.Ct. 839, 91 L.Ed. 1055 (1947). Moreover, a Virginia court had already rendered a judgment declaring that Virginia law applied to the policy and that the plaintiff had no rights under the underinsured motorist provisions. That judgment was affirmed on appeal. The plaintiff's argument that a Connecticut court should be given the opportunity to reach a different result on public policy grounds is not supported by authority and is not persuasive in its reasoning.