Quaid v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding the appellate court had jurisdiction to hear an appeal from trial court order of dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds resulting in transfer to California from Illinois
• “[W]hen potential witnesses are scattered among different forums, none enjoys a predominant connection to the litigation.”
• in a product liability case alleging inadequate warnings, testimony of health professionals was relevant in granting defendant’s forum non conveniens motion
• “[W]hen potential witnesses are scattered among different forums, none enjoys a predominant connection to the litigation.”
• “[W]hen potential witnesses are scattered among different forums, none enjoy[] a predominant connection to the litigation.”
• also finding that the significance of this factor was diminished in a products liability case where it was “unlikely that the jury would need to view the premises”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).