Evans v. MD Con, Inc.

The plaintiff-appellee Lance Evans filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County seeking recovery for injuries he sustained in a work-related fall. The defendant-appellant MD Con, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as MD Con), filed a motion to transfer this action to the circuit court of Will County based on the doctrine of intrastate forum non conveniens. The circuit court denied MD Con’s motion from which denial MD Con petitioned this court for leave to appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(2) (134 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(2)). We granted MD Con’s petition.

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