FOSTER v. CHICAGO & N. WEST TRANS. CO.

No. 58625.

102 Ill.2d 378 (1984)

466 N.E.2d 198

MARSHALL FOSTER, Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Daley and George H. Brant, of Chicago, for appellant.

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


Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal asks us to determine whether a trial judge abused his discretion when he did not grant a motion to dismiss or transfer this case on the grounds of forum non conveniens. Plaintiff, Marshall Foster, was an employee of the defendant railroad in Clinton, Iowa, when he allegedly sustained a back injury on July 28, 1980. A laminectomy was performed on Foster...

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