Neofotistos v. Center Ridge Co.

This court granted defendants-appellants Center Ridge Company, Lakehurst Joint Venture Limited Partnership, and Jacob, Visconsi & Jacobs Company leave to appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying their motion to transfer venue of this cause on the basis of intrastate forum non conveniens to the circuit court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(ii) (134111. 2d R. 306(a)(ii)).

The sole issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in denying defendants-appellants’ motion to transfer venue to the…