Cook v. SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

¶1 Jay Cook (“Cook”) appeals from an order entered in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, dismissing Cook’s Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”) claim in favor of Soo Line Railroad Company, d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway (“Soo Line”), on the basis that an Illinois court’s dismissal for interstate forum non conveniens was a final judgment entitled to full faith and credit in Montana. We reverse.

¶2 We restate the issue as follows:

¶3 Did the District Court err by affording full faith and credit to an order entered in Illinois, which dismissed Cook’s FELA claim…