Williams v. Lawson & Lawson Towing Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE EARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Madison County denied the motion of defendant, Lawson & Lawson Towing Company, which appeared specially under section 2 — 301 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 301) and moved to quash service of summons in plaintiff’s action to recover damages for personal injuries under the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 U.S.C. sec. 688 (1982)), the Jones Act, and the general maritime law of the United States. The defendant denied that it does business in Illinois so to be subject to the…