Erwin Ex Rel. Erwin v. Motorola, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the convenience of the parties did not favor dismissal in favor of Texas because the defendant “could - 18 - Nos. 1-21-0274; 1-21-0282 (cons.
• dismissing defendant’s forum non conveniens motion where defendant failed to identify a single out-of-state witness
• “Motorola could not genuinely contend that litigating the case in Illinois, where it maintained its corporate headquarters, would prove inconvenient to it.”
• location of defendant’s headquarters and alleged source of safety policies weighed against plaintiffs’ residences in Arizona and Texas
• “it has become well recognized by our courts that given our current state of technology *** documentary evidence can be copied and transported easily and inexpensively”
• defendant Motorola “failed in its burden to establish that the relative ease of obtaining such ‘scattered’ testimonial evidence weighed strongly in favor of dismissal and transfer”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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• Benedict v. Abbott Labs., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-09-13· cited 9×
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  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-03-29· cited 9×
• Johnson v. Nash
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-06-28· cited 7×
• Meier v. Ryan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-03-17· cited 4×
• Larson v. Illinois Central School Bus, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-08-16· cited 4×
• Fennell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-01-03· cited 3×
• Johnson v. Nash
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-03-29· cited 2×
• Milton v. Boeing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-02-03· cited 2×
• Lutzenkirchen v. OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-10-10· cited 1×
• Toles v. Mead Johnson & Company, LLC.
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• Deppa v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-12-12
• Colaizzi v. For Eyes Optical Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2026-06-23