EADS v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP.

No. 1-05-1895.

847 N.E.2d 601 (2006)

365 Ill. App.3d 19

301 Ill.Dec. 591

Tracie EADS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger C. Denton and J. Brad Wilmoth of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Raymond H. Groble III and Christopher R. Karsten of Daley & Mohan, P.C., Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

In this permissive interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306, the defendant, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), a Pennsylvania corporation, contends it was an abuse of discretion for the circuit court of Cook County to deny its motion to dismiss the Indiana plaintiff's negligence action on the basis of forum non conveniens before a retrial on the action commences in this jurisdiction. 166...

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