Quaid v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Dennis and Kimberly Quaid, parents and next friends of Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone Quaid, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, Baxter Healthcare Corp., alleging negligence and strict liability. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens, finding that California is a substantially more appropriate forum. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

In November 2007,…