SIMANTZ v. PRIME MOTOR INNS, INC.

No. 2-90-0063.

573 N.E.2d 234 (1991)

213 Ill. App.3d 813

157 Ill.Dec. 816

Joseph W. SIMANTZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRIME MOTOR INNS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthews, Dean, McKenna & Storer, Aurora, Donald J. Simantz, Mark A. Pheanis, James C. James, III, for Joseph W. Simantz, Anthony Piazza, Marianne J. Serpico Piazza.

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Patrick F. Lustig, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, for Automative Rentals, Inc., Kyle A. Overmier, Howard Johnson Co., Inc., Marriott Family Restaurants fn, Universal Hotels, Inc.

Purcell & Wardrope, Chtd., Chicago, Robert L. Bartolone, Sandra Young, for Prime Motors Inns, Inc.


Justice DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Joseph W. Simantz, Anthony Piazza and Marianne J. Serpico Piazza, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Kane County dismissing their action against defendants on the basis of forum non conveniens.

Plaintiffs were involved in an automobile accident in Phoenix, Arizona, in April 1987. As a result of the accident, plaintiffs filed suit against defendants in the circuit court of Kane County...

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