Calvary Industries, Inc. v. Coral Chem. Co.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 1288

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in dismissing an Ohio company's declaratory judgment action where the complaint, in part, did not set forth a live controversy and, where there was a live controversy between the Ohio company and the defendant-Illinois corporation, the resolution of the controversy depended greatly upon a determination of the facts of the case and the same facts were at issue in a pending action an Illinois court. The trial court also did not err in dismissing the complaint on the basis of forum non conveniens where the court, in balancing the private interests of the litigants and the public interest involving the courts and citizens of the forum state, noted the underlying contract involved in the dispute was an employment contract entered into between an Illinois citizen and an Illinois corporation, the dispute involved the application of Illinois law, resolution of the issues would likely require witnesses who reside in Illinois to be called at trial, and the same issues raised in the Ohio case were already pending in an Illinois court.