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SATKOWIAK v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RY. CO.

No. 60135.

106 Ill.2d 224 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 370

PAUL S. SATKOWIAK, Appellee, v. THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY et al. (The Dow Chemical Company, Appellant; The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon B. Nash, Jr., and Mark E. Furlane, of Gardner, Carton & Douglas, of Chicago, of counsel, for appellant.

Robert E. Harrington, Sr., Robert B. Thompson and John J. Naughton, of Henslee, Monek & Henslee, of Chicago, for appellee Paul S. Satkowiak.

Cornelius P. Callahan, of Chicago, for appellee Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company.

Judgment reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we consider whether the trial court erred in denying the motion of appellant Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to dismiss claims against Dow on the basis of forum non conveniens. In March 1983 appellee Paul Satkowiak (Satkowiak), a Michigan resident, sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company (C&O), also an...

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