Superior Court of Pennsylvania August 27, 1996, 1186, 1293, 1420, 1421, 1422 & 1423 (GOODMAN BY GOODMAN v. Pizzutillo)

KELLY, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion when it granted a motion to dismiss a complaint on the grounds of

forum non conveniens,

and whether the court erred when it denied: preliminary objections, which were based on lack of

in personam

jurisdiction; motions for reconsideration of the denial of the preliminary objections; and a