Moffitt v. Illinois Power Co.

This court granted plaintiff in the instant case leave to appeal pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 306 (134 Ill. 2d R. 306), on April 22, 1992. Plaintiff appeals from the January 27, 1992, order of the circuit court of St. Clair County. At issue on appeal is whether the circuit court of St. Clair County abused its discretion in granting the defendants’ motions to transfer plaintiff’s cause of action to Clinton County, Illinois, on grounds of forum non conveniens. We reverse.

Plaintiff, Carol Moffitt, administrator of the estate of Robert Moffitt, brought an action in the circuit court of…