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NIEPOTTER v. CENTRAL ILL. PUB. SERVICE

No. 5-98-0092.

707 N.E.2d 1278 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 632

236 Ill.Dec. 708

Dwain NIEPOTTER, Janice Niepotter, John Copeland, Shirley Copeland, Timmy Campbell, Glori Campbell, Jon Andrew Jones, Kathleen Jones, Jerry Trotter, Wilma Trotter, Michael St. John, Pamela St. John, Gordon Philbrick, Jamie Goetter, Tony Palmisano, Wendl Hayes, Michael Batson, David Hayes, David Sheets, Harold Wells, Edward Owens, Randy Wiese, Larry Ferry, Terry Wilson, Kenneth Emmons, Jeff Price, Loren Verble and Carroll Robert, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant (Dover Elevator Company, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

March 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Johnson, Diane I. Jennings, Leslie J. Rosen, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago; Kurt E. Reitz, Thompson Coburn, Belleville, for Central Illinois Public Service Company.

Roy C. Dripps, Gail G. Renshaw; The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River, for Dwain Niepotter, Janice Niepotter, John Copeland, Shirley Copeland, Timmy Campbell, Glori Campbell, Jon Andrew Jones and Kathleen Jones.

Merle C. Bassett, Bassett Law Office, Wood River, for Michael St. John and Pamela St. John.

Jane Unsell, Unsell, Unsell, Schattnik & Hale, East Alton, for Jerry Trotter and Wilma Trotter.

William W. Schooley, Thomas E. Schooley, Law Offices of Willliam W. Schooley, Granite City, for Gordon Philbrick, Jamie Goetter, Tony Palmisano, Wendl Hayes, Michael Batson, David Hayes, David Sheets, Harold Wells, Edward Owens, Randy Wiese, Larry Ferry, Terry Wilson, Kenneth Emmons, Jeff Price, Loren Verble and Carroll Robert.

Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Central Illinois Public Service Company (hereinafter CIPS) appeals from the denial of its motion to transfer venue from Madison County to Jasper County on the grounds of forum non conveniens. Defendant Dover Elevator Company takes no part in this appeal. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On November 15, 1995, 24 boilermakers were on an elevator...

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