Legal Opinion
Muffo v. Forsyth
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 29, 1976No. 75-426PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN
delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the circuit court of St. Clair County dismissing the complaint of plaintiffs against Barnes Hospital, Inc., for lack of jurisdiction and quashing service of summons upon the defendant, B. Todd Forsyth, M.D. The sole issue is whether the trial court correctly ruled that it had no jurisdiction over the two out-of-State defendants for certain alleged acts of malpractice committed against the plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs, Carmen C. Muffo and Jacqueline Muffo, his wife, residents of the State of Illinois,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Nelson v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Mina Wright v. James YackleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Lewis v. BoursWashington Supreme Court · 1992
- Lemke v. St. Margaret HospitalDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
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