SUNICH v. CHICAGO & N.W. TRANS. CO.

No. 60724.

106 Ill.2d 538 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 1362

PHILIP M. SUNICH, Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1985.


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.


Judgment affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Philip M. Sunich, brought this action in the circuit court of Madison County against the defendant, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. secs. 51 through 60 (1982)). Urging the intrastate application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens, the defendant moved to dismiss the cause...

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