CLARK v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 5-02-0101.

797 N.E.2d 731 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 295

278 Ill.Dec. 136

Acie C. CLARK, Individually and on the Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC., Tap Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua T. Buchman, McDermott Will & Emery; Daniel E. Reidy, Tina M. Tabacchi, Anastasia Katinas, Jones Day, Chicago, for Appellants.

Robert M. Foote, Craig S. Mielke, Foote, Myers, Mielke & Flowers, LLC, Geneva; H. Barry Wesley, Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Wesley, Carbondale, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Tap Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Abbott Laboratories, Inc., appeal the circuit court's order denying the defendants' motion to transfer venue from Williamson County to Lake County on the grounds of forum non conveniens. We affirm the circuit court's decision.

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