192794P.pdf   04/28/2021  Ahmad Hersh  v.  CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-2794
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, Loken and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil Procedures. In this case plaintiffs' six-year-old child 
   was electrocuted when he touched a live wire at a Hardee's restaurant in 
   Amman, Jordan, and Hardee's moved to dismiss on the doctrine of forum non 
   conveniens, asserting Jordan was the appropriate forum. The district court 
   dismissed on that basis, and plaintiffs appeal, arguing the motion was 
   untimely. The circuits take different approaches in determining whether a 
   motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens is timely, but under either 
   approach, this motion, coming 18 months after the case was commenced, came 
   too late, and the district court erred in dismissing the case; reversed 
   and remanded for further proceedings.