Illinois High Court: State Lacks Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Essure Claims

(June 5, 2020, 1:09 PM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on specific personal jurisdiction, the Illinois Supreme Court on June 5 said state courts may not exercise such jurisdiction over the claims of 179 nonresidents who claim to have been injured by the Essure birth control device (Christy Rios, et al. v. Bayer Corporation, et al., No. 125020, Nichole Hamby, et al. v. Bayer Corporation, et al., No. 125021, Ill. Sup., 2020 Ill. LEXIS 538)....

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