STONE CONTAINER CORP. v. INDUSTRIAL RISK INSURERS

No. 80-979.

91 Ill. App.3d 807 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 1227

STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INDUSTRIAL RISK INSURERS et al., Defendants. — (CARRIER CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed December 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelan, Pope & John, Ltd., of Chicago (Michael A. Pope and Bradley B. Falkof, of counsel), for appellant.

Wesley S. Walton, Larry Selander, and Weston W. Hanscom, all of Chicago (Keck, Mahin & Cate, of counsel), for appellee Carrier Corporation.

Henry J. Marquard and Kurt Beranek, both of Chicago (Kralovec, Marquard, Doyle, Gibbons & Fraterrigo, Chartered, of counsel), for appellee Tremco Maintenance Service Corporation.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is taken from an order dismissing an action, upon application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Plaintiff Stone Container Corporation (Stone), an Illinois corporation, filed its seven count complaint on August 3, 1978, seeking to recover tort and contract damages sustained in its South Carolina paper mill when a steam turbine generator was destroyed on August...

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