Leet v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

We granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(l)(ii) (87 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(l)(ii)), from the order of the circuit court of St. Clair County denying its motion to decline jurisdiction because St. Clair County was not a convenient forum in which to litigate the instant case.

On October 25, 1982, plaintiff brought this action for damages against the defendant railroad under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. sec. 51 et seq. (1976)) because of injuries he received while working as a switchman near Louisville, Kentucky, on March 31,1980.

Defen…