· 8/17/2006
Woodward v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Citations
- 858 N.E.2d 897
- 306 Ill. Dec. 839
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- due to the nature of a products liability case, \this is not a localized case\ but \a case with international implications\
- \[t]he burden is on a defendant to show that the relevant factors strongly favor the defendant's choice of forum\
- in a product liability case where the vehicle accident was in Australia with an Australian plaintiff, the burden was on defendant to show factors strongly favoring transfer to Australia
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Judges: Hopkins
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