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BOXDORFER v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

No. 5-01-0273.

790 N.E.2d 391 (2003)

339 Ill. App.3d 335

274 Ill.Dec. 15

Thomas BOXDORFER and Joanna Lane, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Dixon, Charles A. Newman, Ann K. Covington, Kathy A. Wisniewski, Maggie B. Williams, Peter W. Herzog, III, John W. Rogers, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO; Larry E. Hepler, Theodore J. MacDonald, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank & True, Edwardsville, for Appellant.

Paul M. Weiss, Phillip A. Bock, Tod A. Lewis, Freed & Weiss LLC, Chicago; L. Thomas Lakin, Bradley M. Lakin, Roy C. Dripps, Jeffrey A.J. Millar, Gail Renshaw, The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River; Michael J. Freed, Christopher J. Stuart, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago; Edward T. Joyce, Arthur W. Aufmann, Edward T. Joyce & Associates, P.C., Chicago, for Appellees.

Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

DaimlerChrysler Corp. (the defendant) appeals from an order entered by the circuit court of Madison County denying the defendant's motion to transfer venue and motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds. Because we believe that the circuit court erred in denying the defendant's motion to transfer venue, this is the only issue we need to address. The facts in this case are as follows.

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