Supreme Court of Illinois

In a wrongful death claim arising from a collision between plaintiff's decedent and a defendant's train, defense forum non conveniens motion is denied where the witnesses in this case were scattered in terms of their residences and defendant had not met its burden of showing that the circuit court had abused its discretion in refusing to disturb the plaintiff's choice of forum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2006
• Published 03/02/2006

Judges

• Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kurt E. Reitz and Heath H. Hooks, Belleville (Thompson Coburn, L.L.P., of counsel), for appellants., Brian M. Wendler, of Wendler & Ezra, P.C., Collinsville, amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Q. Keefe, Jr., Belleville, for appellee.