Herbert v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

We granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal under Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(1)(ii) (87 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(1)(ii)) from an order of the circuit court of St. Clair County denying its motion to decline jurisdiction under the doctrine of forum non conveniens.

On January 17, 1983, plaintiff brought this action for damages against the defendant railroad because of injuries received while working as a conductor on a train near Nashville, Tennessee, on October 15, 1982, when the caboose in which plaintiff was riding was “suddenly, unusually and violently jolted,” causing plaintiff to be thrown…