Michael Lowry (Partner-Las Vegas) prevailed on a motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens for Wilson Elser’s client, a hotel on the East Coast. The plaintiffs brought suit in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada, alleging they were assaulted and battered at the hotel. Michael moved to dismiss based on forum non conveniens, so the case could be re-filed in the jurisdiction where the hotel is located. The guests and all the evidence relating to what had occurred were in that jurisdiction. The district court agreed that the plaintiffs' choice of Nevada as the forum was entitled to less deference and that the balance of interests favored litigating the matter in the home jurisdiction. Wilson Elser’s motion was granted, and the case was dismissed without prejudice to be litigated in a different forum.