Venue • Improper Forum Shopping • Transfer

Montano v. Barnaby’s of America, PICS Case No. 17-1102 (C.P. Philadelphia Nov. 23, 2016) New, J. (8 pages).

A plaintiff engaged in improper forum shopping where she named defendants who were not proper parties to the action for the purpose of manipulating the venue rules to create venue where it did not properly exist. The court ordered the matter to be transferred to another county where venue was appropriate.

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