MESA v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANS. CO.

No. 56871.

98 Ill.2d 356 (1983)

456 N.E.2d 1

RODOLFO MESA, Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Daley and John S. Bishof, Jr., of Chicago, and Theodore J. Williams, Jr., of Shepherd, Sandberg & Phoenix, of St. Louis, for appellant.

Paul L. Pratt, P.C., of East Alton (Roy W. Strawn, of counsel), for appellee.


Supervisory order entered.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Rodolfo Mesa, a Cook County resident, retained a Madison County law firm to file a complaint on his behalf in Madison County, Illinois. The county seat of Madison County is Edwardsville, located some 300 miles from Chicago. Mesa brought this action pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. sec. 51 et seq...

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