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BROWN v. COTTRELL, INC.

No. 5-04-0099.

871 N.E.2d 63 (2007)

Raymond BROWN and Georgia Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COTTRELL, INC., and Ford Motor Company, Defendants-Appellants, and Cassens & Sons, Inc., Cassens Corporation, Albert Cassens, Albert Cassens Trust, General Motors Corporation, and Unknown Chain and Ratchet System Component Distributors/Manufacturers, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Kendall, Brad A. Elward, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Robert H. Shultz, Jr., Michael T. Kokal, Edwardsville, Alan J. Dixon, St. Louis, MO, for Cottrell, Inc.

James D. Sloan, Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, for Ford Motor Co.

Charles W. Armbruster III, The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River, Brian M. Wendler, Wendler Law, P.C., Edwardsville, for Raymond Brown and Georgia Brown.

Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves interstate forum non conveniens motions in a product liability suit against the manufacturer of an auto-hauling trailer. Raymond Brown, a truck driver residing in Missouri, was injured while loading a car onto the trailer in Louisville, Kentucky. Cottrell, Inc., the Georgia-based manufacturer of the trailer, filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit...

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