Legal Opinion
Brant v. Rosen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 27, 2007No. 5-04-0516PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE STEWART
delivered the opinion of the court:
Two of the defendants, Rick Rosen (Rosen) and Rosen Law Firm, EC. (law firm), appeal from the St. Clair County circuit court’s denial of their motion to dismiss the plaintiff Ivan Brant’s complaint pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The defendants assert that St. Clair County, which is the county where Rosen resides and where his law firm is located, is an inappropriate forum for the plaintiffs professional negligence and fraud claims arising from the defendants’ representation of the plaintiff. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The plaintiff…
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