Sullivan, J.
Parents of a young man killed in a bizarre helicopter accident in British Columbia appeal an Indiana trial court’s dismissal of their complaint in favor of the Canadian forum, arguing that their claim should be tried here because they would only be entitled to nominal damages under British Columbia law. Because we conclude that British Columbia provides an available and adequate forum under applicable law, and that the trial court did not otherwise abuse its discretion in dismissing the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
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All of this is to say that the sole reason the Otienos contend that the Defendants’ motion to dismiss should be denied is because their wrongful-death action would have “a significant seven figure value” if litigated in Indiana, whereas it would have only nominal value if litigated in Canada. [Footnote omitted.]
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Although not binding on us, we find the reasoning of Piper Aircraft highly persuasive and adopt it. [Footnote omitted.] And in fact, there is already Indiana authority on point. In McCracken v. Eli Lilly & Co., the Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s grant of a defendant’s motion to dismiss under Trial Rule 4.4(C) on the ground that the United Kingdom was a more convenient forum:
[A]lthough a potential products liability award to a plaintiff might be smaller in the United Kingdom and even though litigation there might be more expensive and more difficult, there appears no danger that the plaintiffs would be treated unfairly or be deprived of their remedy. Conversely stated, the present plaintiffs would have to demonstrate that the alternative forum is so inadequate or unsatisfactory that there is no remedy at all.
494 N.E.2d 1289, 1293 (Ind. Ct. App. 1986) (citing Ledingham v. Parke-Davis Div. of Warner-Lambert Co., 628 F. Supp. 1447, 1450 (E.D.N.Y. 1986))….
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Applying the standard we adopted, supra, we affirm the trial court’s finding that British Columbia is an “adequate” forum. British Columbia law allows the Otienos to pursue their wrongful-death cause of action and, as they admit, to recover some substantive damages, although we acknowledge that they may be nominal in value. There appears no danger that the Otienos would be treated unfairly or be deprived of their remedy. See McCracken, 494 N.E.2d at 1293.
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Dickson, C.J., and Rucker, David, and Massa, JJ., concur.