PALMER v. KAWAGUCHI IRON WORKS, LTD.

No. 85 C 10363.

644 F.Supp. 327 (1986)

William D. PALMER, Plaintiff, v. KAWAGUCHI IRON WORKS, LTD., and Kawaguchi Iron Works, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

September 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Harrison, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert S. Atkins, Robert F. Williams, Robert S. Atkins & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

William D. Serritella, David C. Bohrer, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

A Japanese corporation employs a service representative for the United States who happens to reside in Illinois. This case presents the question of whether that corporation is subject to the personal jurisdiction of an Illinois court for a products liability personal injury suit which has no connection with Illinois. This court concludes that, at least on the facts presented here, it lacks jurisdiction.

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