Miller v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

This interlocutory appeal arises from the Madison County circuit court’s order denying defendant’s second motion to dismiss plaintiff’s personal injury lawsuit, based on forum, non conveniens, following the reinstatement of the lawsuit. The appellate court denied defendant’s petition for leave to appeal the circuit court’s ruling. 155 111. 2d R. 306. We subsequently allowed defendant’s petition for leave to appeal (155 Ill. 2d R. 315), and now affirm the circuit court’s order.

BACKGROUND

On May 17, 1993, plaintiff, Albert Miller, then a resident of Knox, Indiana, commenced this lawsuit by…