Legal Opinion
Donald J. Johnson v. Patrick H. Burken
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 1991No. 90-1756PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1204POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In May 1988, Donald Johnson brought suit against Patrick Burken in an Illinois state court for damages arising out of an automobile accident that had occurred in August 1986. At the time of the accident Burken was a sailor stationed at the Great Lakes naval base in Illinois, although he was a domiciliary — and hence, for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction, a citizen, Galva Foundry Co. v. Heiden, 924 F.2d 729 (7th Cir.1991)—of Iowa. But by the time the suit was filed, Burken had left Illinois for duty at sea. Illinois’ nonresident motorist statute allows service…
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