Chochorowski v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

The defendant, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., doing business as The Home Depot (Home Depot), appeals the May 22, 2006, order of the circuit court of Madison County that denied its motion to dismiss on the basis of forum non conveniens. Home Depot raises two issues on appeal, which we restate as follows: (1) whether the circuit court erred in its determination that a claim under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (Mo. Ann. Stat. §407.025 (West 2004)) may be pursued in Illinois and (2) whether the circuit court erred in its determination that the relevant private- and public-interest factors…