Nobia v. Barcelo Corporacion Empresarial, SA

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Personal Jurisdiction
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 15-2001
Decision Date: 
February 4, 2016
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in finding that it lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants-Mexican hotel and Spanish corporation in action by plaintiff-Illinois decedent alleging that defendants’ actions caused decedent’s death in accident involving all-terrain vehicle while decedent was visiting Mexican hotel. Record showed that neither defendant conducted business in Illinois, and that neither defendant was subject to Illinois’ general jurisdiction. Fact that decedent booked her trip to Mexico through Orbitz’s website and paid for said trip through use of computer located in Illinois did not require different result, since activity that, according to plaintiff, formed basis of personal jurisdiction was done by decedent and not by either defendant.