Opinion
Argued February 9, 1981
Decided March 24, 1981
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, MICHAEL DONTZIN, J.
Ephraim London and William S. Hochenberg for appellants.
Margaret Blair Soyster, Guy C. Quinlan and William R. Henrick for respondent.
MEMORANDUM.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The Appellate Division did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the action on grounds of forum non conveniens. That all of the parties to the action may have been New York residents is not dispositive, since the residence of the parties in New York is but one factor to be considered in determining whether an action should be dismissed pursuant to CPLR 327 (see Silver v Great Amer. Ins. Co., 29 N.Y.2d 356; see, generally, Irrigation Ind. Dev. Corp. v Indag, S.A., 37 N.Y.2d 522).
Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.