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BRUCE v. ATADERO

No. 1-09-2463.

939 N.E.2d 110 (2010)

Paula BRUCE, Special Administrator of the Estate of Michael Bruce, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arsenio D. ATADERO, Individually, Sherman Hospital, an Illinois Corporation, and Sherman Health System, an Illinois Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Levin , Margaret P. Battersby , Levin & Perconti, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Rick L. Hammond , Phillip E. Wand , Gummerson & Rausch, LLC, Woodstock, IL, Hugh C. Griffin , Anna M. Loftus , Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC, Kay L. Schichtel , Nicole M. Clarke , Leanne Moore, Swanson Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we determine whether the circuit court properly declined to transfer venue based on intrastate forum non conveniens where the original action was brought in the forum where the injury occurred and where several key witnesses resided and, following voluntary dismissal, was refiled in a forum other than where plaintiff resided.

Plaintiff Paula...

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