{"id":2197,"date":"2013-10-14T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2013-10-13T11:04:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T16:04:32","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-weighs-limited-joinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-weighs-limited-joinder\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Weighs in on Limited Joinder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In April 2009, the plaintiffs brought a lawsuit against James W. Hall, Cassandra McCord, JWH Management Inc. and JWH Family Partnership Ltd.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Right after the lawsuit was brought, another group of plaintiffs filed a separate lawsuit naming some of the same defendants and then others.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the first litigation &#8212; the Bernstein litigation &#8212; the defendants were sued for breach of four promissory notes in the amount of $450,000.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the second lawsuit, the BMD litigation, Heiman and Sussex were defendants in the second lawsuit, but not in the Bernstein litigation.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The defendants in the BMD litigation moved to consolidate the two cases pointing out that in both, James W. Hall and the JWH Family Partnership were being sued for failing to honor promissory notes; \u00a0in both cases, these defendants were moving for dismissal, claiming lack of personal jurisdiction.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-weighs-limited-joinder\/#more-2197\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2009, the plaintiffs brought a lawsuit against James W. 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