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HANSEN-RUNGE v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

No. 1-19-0383.

178 N.E.3d 718 (2020)

449 Ill.Dec. 111

2020 IL App (1st) 190383

Amber HANSEN-RUNGE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alfred Hansen, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SIXTH DIVISION.

October 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Forde and Joanne R. Driscoll , of Forde Law Offices LLP, and Colleen Konicek and Elizabeth O. Bryant , of Fletcher & Sippel LLC, both of Chicago, and Thomas R. Peters and Marl R. Kurz , of Boyle Brasher LLC, of Belleville, for appellant.

Paul J. Napoli , Timothy P. Hulla , and Wilson D. Sikes , of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, of Edwardsville, for appellee.

OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal calls for us to review the circuit court's decision on a motion to dismiss based on an interstate application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Defendant brought the motion, arguing that the now-deceased plaintiff's home county...

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