Evans v. Advance Schools, Inc.

Defendant appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying its motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition registering plaintiff’s California default judgment in the circuit court of Cook County. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that the California court had obtained personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

In March 1976, the plaintiff filed a class action in a California municipal court, alleging that the defendant had induced him and other similarly situated California residents to enroll in its private vocational school through false…