McNally v. Morrison

Justices Karnezis and Connors concurred in the judgment.

OPINION

Here we are called upon to determine whether the trial court has personal jurisdiction pursuant to the Illinois long-arm statute (735 ILCS 5/2—209 (West 2008)) over a nonresident defendant. For the following reasons, we reverse the decision of the trial court and find that the court does have personal jurisdiction over defendant.

Plaintiffs Terri McNally, Sean Mulroney, and J. Brian Pierce sued defendants Greg Morrison, M.D., and TASA Group, Inc., 1 in the circuit court of Cook County in 2009, alleging breach of contract, consumer…