Ideal Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Shipyard Marine, Inc.

Plaintiff, Ideal Insurance Company, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County which quashed the service of summons on defendant, Shipyard Marine, Inc. Plaintiff contends that the circuit court erred in determining that there was no in personam jurisdiction over defendant, a Wisconsin corporation. The issue on appeal is whether defendant transacted business in this State so as to come within the reach of the State’s “long-arm” jurisdiction.

In 1989, the president of plaintiff, Gerald Grupe, was interested in buying a 43-foot Wellcraft Portofino boat to conduct a charter…