Lorretta Klump, at the time a resident of Illinois, was injured in an automobile collision in which

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Lorretta Klump, at the time a resident of Illinois, was injured in an automobile collision in which her vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by Curt Eaves, also an Illinois resident. This incident occurred in Illinois. After the accident, Lorretta moved to North Carolina, where she retained a local attorney, J. David Duffus Jr., to represent her in a lawsuit she wanted to file in Illinois against Mr. Eaves. She subsequently moved back to Illinois, where she maintained regular contact with Attorney Duffus. Lorretta’s doctor and her insurance carrier were both situated in Illinois. She filed a malpractice suit against Duffus when he failed to file her Illinois suit prior to the lapsing of the Illinois statute of limitations. The jury awarded a judgment in plaintiff’s favor in the amount of $424,000, but the defendants appealed on the grounds that the trial court did not have in personam jurisdiction over them. Duffus argued on appeal that since his allegedly negligent acts occurred in North Carolina, he could not besubject to personal jurisdiction in Illinois. Is Duffus correct? Why or why not?

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