Legal Opinion
John Crane, Incorporated v. Shein Law Center, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 2018No. 17-1809; 17-1926 & 17-1814PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kanne, Circuit Judge.
John Crane, Inc., as a manufacturer of products containing asbestos, has been sued many times for injuries caused by exposure to asbestos. Now it claims some of those suits were part of a conspiracy to defraud the company. It filed lawsuits in the Northern District of Illinois against two law firms and their lawyers who brought some of those injury suits. Because the Northern District lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants, we affirm the dismissal of the lawsuits.
I. BACKGROUND
John Crane, Inc. ("JCI") is a manufacturing company with its principal place of…
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