Ammerman v. Raymond Corp.

Raymond Corporation (Raymond), one of the named defendants in plaintiff Shala Ammerman’s products liability and negligence action, appeals from a trial court order denying its motion to transfer the case pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. On appeal, Raymond asserts that the trial court’s order constitutes an abuse of discretion because the private and public interest factors used in forum non conveniens analysis strongly support the conclusion that the case should be tried in Kane County, rather than Cook County, where Am-merman filed suit. We affirm.

On October 19, 2004,…