Mohn v. International Vermiculite Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause involves an attempt to use offensive, nonmutual collateral estoppel to prevent defendant from litigating an issue in an Illinois court. Plaintiff, Lynette Mohn, appeals an order of the circuit court of Macoupin County which granted Charter Consolidated, PLC’s (Charter’s) motion to quash summons and dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred when it failed to give collateral-estoppel (estoppel by verdict) effect to Barber v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1983), 317 Pa. Super.…