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BURNS v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 5-00-0548.

761 N.E.2d 380 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 624

260 Ill.Dec. 536

Caren BURNS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC.; A.P. Green Services, Inc.; AC and S, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; John Crane, Inc.; DAP, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; GAF Corporation; General Refractories Company; Harbison-Walker Refractories Company; Harcros Chemicals, Inc., as Successor-in-Interest to Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company; Kaiser Refractories, A Division of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation; Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.; McKesson Chemical Company; Asbestos Management Corporation, d/b/a National Gypsum Company; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation, as Successor-in-Interest to Philip Carey Corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois; The Synkoloid Company; W.R. Grace & Company; and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendants (R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc.; Bondex International, Inc.; CertainTeed Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; Proko Industries, Inc.; RPM, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to The Reardon Company and Successor-in-Interest to Republican Powered Metals; T & N; Union Carbide Corporation; United States Gypsum Company, PLC; and Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad A. Elward, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for CertainTeed Corp., Pfizer, Inc., T & N, Union Carbide Corp., United States Gypsum Co.

Edward J. Matushek III, Douglas M. Sinars, Matushek & Associates, L.L.C., Chicago, for R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc.

Jeffrey S. Hebrank, Burroughs Hepler Broom MacDonald Hebrank & True, Edwardsville, for Bondex International, GAF Corp., Georgia Pacific, Proko, RPM, W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

Robert J. Evola, Wise & Julian, P.C., Alton, Roger Mandel, Stanley, Mandel & Iola, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Caren Burns.

Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Various defendants appeal the trial court's order denying their motions to transfer the case of Howard Burns, now deceased, and Caren Burns, from Madison County, Illinois, to Shelby County, Illinois, pursuant to the intrastate doctrine of forum non conveniens, under Supreme Court Rule 187 (134 Ill.2d R. 187). The only issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the...

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