Keller v. Henderson

Plaintiff, Craig T. Keller, independent special administrator of the estate of Donald W. Keller, deceased, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Winnebago County dismissing defendant, Roger Henderson, for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant, a California resident, was the seller of a vintage World War II T-6 “warbird” airplane that he had stored for many years in California. Defendant hired Courtesy Aircraft, LLC, an Illinois corporation with its principal place of business in Rockford, Illinois, as the exclusive broker for the plane after…