AN ACT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2007) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of any civil action for a tort committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States and, subject to the common law doctrine of forum non conveniens, shall hear any such civil action in tort if:

(1) Any plaintiff in such action resides in this state;

(2) Any defendant in such action resides in this state;

(3) Any defendant in such action owns property located in this state;

(4) Any defendant in such action is personally served with process in this state;

(5) The tortious act complained of in such action was committed in this state;

(6) The harm complained of in such action was suffered in this state; or

(7) International law confers universal jurisdiction to adjudicate such action in this state.