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SAIA v. SCRIPTO-TOKAI CORP.

Nos. 1-04-2609, 1-04-2736.

851 N.E.2d 693 (2006)

Helen M. SAIA, Individually, and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Alexis K. Saia, a Deceased Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCRIPTO-TOKAI CORPORATION, a California Corporation, K Mart Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, and Partnership Concepts Realty Management, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Defendants (Tokai Corporation, a Japanese Corporation, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Burke, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, for Appellant.

Dominick W. Savaiano, Melissa A. Murphy-Petros, Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago, for Appellee.

Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Tokai, a Japanese corporation, designed a lighter and gave its subsidiary, Scripto-Tokai (Scripto), exclusive right to distribute the lighter in the United States. Helen Saia, a consumer who bought one of the lighters in Illinois, claims, in this lawsuit, that Tokai designed the lighter negligently and the design caused the death of her child. Scripto admits that Illinois courts have jurisdiction over it...

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