Legal Opinion
Schlunk v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 17, 1986No. 85-3169PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scariano
Defendant Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (hereinafter VWAG), a West German corporation, appeals, with certification of the circuit court under Supreme Court Rule 308(a) (87 111. 2d R. 308(a)), from the denial of its motion to quash service, which was had in Illinois upon its wholly owned subsidiary, Volkswagen of America (VWoA), a New Jersey corporation. We affirm.
On June 4, 1984, plaintiff, Herwig Schlunk, filed suit against VWoA and Dennis Reed, stemming from the death of his parents in a head-on collision that occurred on December 17, 1983, in Cook County, Illinois. Reed was served by a…
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