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WILES v. MORITA IRON WORKS CO.

No. 65015.

125 Ill.2d 144 (1988)

530 N.E.2d 1382

FLOYD WILES, Appellee, v. MORITA IRON WORKS COMPANY, LTD., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson Carl Meuth and Andrew R. Fogle, of Basford, Fogle & Meuth, of Libertyville, for appellant.

Eugene I. Pavalon, of Asher, Pavalon, Gittler & Greenfield, Ltd., of Chicago (Gary K. Laatsch and Allen I. Tish, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of an action grounded in strict liability and negligence brought in the circuit court of Cook County. The plaintiff, Floyd Wiles, brought the action against the defendant, Morita Iron Works Company, Ltd. (hereinafter MIW), a Japanese corporation not licensed to do business in Illinois. The defendant filed a special and limited appearance...

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