Legal Opinion
Maunder v. DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1984No. 58108PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This appeal requires us to determine whether the circuit court of Cook County has jurisdiction over DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., a foreign corporation. More specifically, we are asked to determine whether the defendant was doing business in Illinois in order to be amenable to service of process and subject to the laws of this State.
These consolidated actions to recover for personal injury and wrongful death are based on the crash of an airplane designed and manufactured by defendant, De-Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd. (Ltd.). The airplane crash occurred on May 3, 1976, in Lusaka,…
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