Johnson v. United National Industries, Inc.

We granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal under Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(l)(iii) (87 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(l)(iii)) from the trial court’s order denying reconsideration of its earlier order, which denied defendant’s motion to quash service and dismiss plaintiff’s cause for lack of jurisdiction.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court had jurisdiction over defendant on June 29, 1982, in order to vacate plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal entered on March 10, 1981.

The following facts are pertinent to the disposition of this appeal.

Plaintiff brought a products liability action…