GAIDAR v. TIPPECANOE DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

No. 1-97-3372.

702 N.E.2d 316 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 1034

234 Ill.Dec. 150

Sylvia M. GAIDAR, as Independent Adm'r of the Estate of Mark S. Gaidar, a/k/a Mark S. Rose, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIPPECANOE DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, INC., and David L. Steele, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

October 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowrey & Smerz, Ltd., Chicago (John J. Lowrey, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Williams and Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago (Barry L. Kroll, James K. Horstman, Alton C. Haynes and Lloyd E. Williams, Jr., of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.


Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

The determinative issue on appeal is whether the nonresident defendants are subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois courts either under the doing-business doctrine (735 ILCS 5/2-209(b)(4) (West 1996)) or on the basis that the cause of action arose from the transaction of business in Illinois (735 ILCS 5/2-209(a)(1) (West 1996)).

Plaintiff, Sylvia M. Gaidar, as independent administrator of the estate of...

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