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IBM v. MARTIN PROP. & CAS. INS. AGENCY

No. 1-95-1210.

666 N.E.2d 866 (1996)

281 Ill. App.3d 854

217 Ill.Dec. 197

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., and Scribcor, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARTIN PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., an Illinois corporation; Arnold Skoller, an individual; Ernie Skoller, an Individual; and Jack Ebert, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Merle L. Royce, Chicago, for Appellants (Merle L. Royce and Marshall J. Burt, of counsel).

Schoenberg, Fisher & Newman, Chicago, for Appellee (David A. Axelrod, Lori F. Chacos, of counsel).

Presiding Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents the question of whether Illinois courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over a director and officer of an Illinois corporation who resides outside the State. The trial court ruled that such a person is not subject to jurisdiction in Illinois with regard to his official corporate duties pursuant to the so-called "fiduciary shield doctrine." We now reverse.

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