TCA International, Inc. v. B & B Custom Auto, Inc.

Plaintiff TCA International, Inc. (TCA), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting the motion of defendant B&B Custom Auto, Inc. (J&B), to quash service and dismiss the action for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

In September 1997 TCA filed an action against J&B in the circuit court for breach of contract. TCA, an Illinois corporation in the business of sale of automobile accessories, alleged in its complaint that J&B was “a New Jersey corporation which transacted business in the State of Illinois and in other States including New Jersey…