Court Rejects Railway's Request to Transfer Suit Due to Inconvenience of Forum

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a railway was not entitled to transfer a worker's claim for violations of Federal Employers' Liability Act and the Locomotive Inspection Act from one county to another on the basis that the worker's choice of forum was inconvenient. Case: Decker v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 14-L-807, 07/12/2016, published. Facts: David Decker worked for the Union Pacific Railroad Co. as a locomotive engineer. He claimed he slipped and fell in an oily substance on the floor of a locomotive while preparing for a run from Salem to Mt. Vernon, Illino...