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COONEY v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF R.R.

No. 86-3552.

163 Ill. App.3d 248 (1987)

516 N.E.2d 603

MARY COONEY, Indiv. and as Adm'x of the Estate of James L. Cooney, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied December 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., of Chicago (Kevin M. Forde and Mary Anne Mason, of counsel), for appellant.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, Paul B. O'Flaherty, Jr., Richard B. Foster III, and Donald J. Hayden, of counsel), for appellee.

Order affirmed.

JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Mary Cooney, individually and as administratrix of the estate of James L. Cooney, commenced a wrongful death action against the defendant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, in the circuit court of Cook County. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to transfer this cause to La Salle County premised upon the doctrine of forum non conveniens, and we granted plaintiff's request...

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