I agree that our cases have not directly addressed whether an alternative forum must be available before dismissing a case for forum non conveniens . My own view of why this is so is that under the overwhelming hardship test motions to dismiss for forum non conveniens have seldom been granted. In Kolber v. Holyoke Shares, Inc. , then Justice Herrmann wrote that dismissal would occur only in "the rare case" where the factors "balance overwhelmingly in favor of the defendant."43 Ison v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. , in my opinion, sent a strong message to the trial judges that forum non conveniens motions were not favored and should generally be denied.44 It was not until Martinez v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. that this Court clarified the overwhelming hardship test by stating that it was "not intended to be preclusive."45 When a motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens is denied because of failure to show overwhelming hardship, there is little or no reason to determine whether an alternative forum is available. I do not think that cases where the motion was denied for failure to show overwhelming hardship provide any helpful *1256guidance on the question of a need for an alternative, available forum.
I would join the great weight of authority that holds that in order to grant a motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens , a threshold step is to determine whether an adequate, alternative forum exists.46 I do not think that the availability of an alternative forum should simply be a factor to be considered among other factors. In this case, however, I concur in the Court's judgment. I agree with the Majority's discussion of international comity and preemptive jurisdiction. Where factors such as preemptive jurisdiction may affect consideration of an alternative available *1257forum, as may be the case here, a different rule may be appropriate. In addition, I am not sympathetic to a request that a defendant be required to waive objection to jurisdiction in another forum. As the Majority points out, the Superior Court noted within its analysis that it considered Argentina an available alternative forum. I am not inclined to disturb that finding in this case.