Wagner v. Eagle Food Centers, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 1999, plaintiff Craig Wagner slipped and fell at an Eagle Food Center in Joliet, Illinois. Craig Wagner and his wife, Mary Wagner, filed a premises liability claim against Eagle and, later, products liability claims against Clorox in Will County, Illinois. Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their seventh amended complaint in Will County and refiled their case in Cook County. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss or transfer based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens, which the trial court denied. On appeal, defendants argue…