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MOORE v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANS. CO.

Nos. 57853, 57992.

99 Ill.2d 73 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 417

WILLIAM J. MOORE, Special Adm'r, Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant. — JOHN DELANEY, Appellee, v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Daley and John P. Milroy, of Chicago, for Appellant.

Edmund J. Burke and Gary W. Bozick, of Hoffman, Burke & Bozick, of Chicago, for appellee.

James L. Pittman & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (James L. Pittman and Mark E. Christensen, of counsel), for appellants.

Alan C. Mendelson, of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded. Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On the court's own motion these two cases were consolidated for opinion after oral argument. They present a single issue for review: Did the trial court abuse its discretion when it denied the defendants' motion to dismiss based upon the doctrine of forum non conveniens?

In each case, the defendants' motions...

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