· 6/14/1961
Gray v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.
Citations
- 176 N.E.2d 761
- 22 Ill. 2d 432
- 1961 Ill. LEXIS 414
How courts have described this case
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- holding the manufacturer of a defective valve used in a water heater amenable to jurisdiction as a nonresident defendant
- holding the manufacturer of a defective valve used in a water heater amenable to jurisdiction as a nonresident defendant
- noting that although a manufacturer working through intermediaries derives only an indirect benefit from a forum-State’s laws, this indirect benefit is nonetheless essential to the manufacturer’s business and can ground personal jurisdiction
- construing a similarly worded Illinois long-arm statute to assert jurisdiction where a defendant’s allegedly wrongful act outside of Illinois caused injury in Illinois
- tortfeasor who acted outside Illinois subject to Illinois jurisdiction in suit of one injured in Illinois
- an Illinois Supreme Court decision that has found favor with the United States Supreme Court as a valid exercise of jurisdiction in due process terms
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