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Ellis v. AAR Parts Trading, Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 6, 2005No. 1-02-3744, 1-03-1156 consPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neville

delivered the modified opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals arise out of two lawsuits filed in the trial court on behalf of 113 plaintiffs who were Philippine decedents who died as a result of a plane crash on April 19, 2000, in the Philippines. The defendants, AAR Parts Trading, Inc. (hereinafter AAR), a parts company, and Fleet Business Credit, LLC (hereinafter Fleet), a financing company, filed motions to dismiss predicated on the doctrine of forum non conveniens in order to dismiss the plaintiffs’ consolidated cases in Cook County, Illinois, so that the cases could be litigated…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Barnett v. Zion Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Torres v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Dawdy, Jr. v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  4. Erwin Ex Rel. Erwin v. Motorola, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2011
  5. SER Betty J. Almond v. Hon. Rudolph Murensky, Judge, and Pfizer, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2016

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