A defendant who called his ex’s cellphone number without knowing that she was in North Carolina wasn’t subject to personal jurisdiction in the state’s court, a unanimous North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled, reversing two lower court rulings in ...

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Cohen v. Continental Motors, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-078-17, 11 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Nash County Superior Court (Marvin Blount III, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: In an action by the executor of the estates of two people ...

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Soma Technology, Inc. v. Dalamagas (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-036-17, 21 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2017 NCBC 26 Holding: Defendant Hiren Desai exchanged numerous calls and emails to and from defendants Denova Medical, Inc., and Photios Dalamagas in North Carolina, ...

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DEB USA, Inc. v. CWGCLA Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-007-17, 17 pp.) (Max Cogburn Jr., J.) 3:16-cv-00521; W.D.N.C. Holding: Where the California defendant has never sold the allegedly infringing foam soap dispenser or related cartridges in North Carolina, its use ...

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Marketing Ad Group, LLC v. Latitude 360 Global, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-112-16, 26 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Joseph Crosswhite, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where (1) plaintiff’s contract with defendant Latitude 360, Inc., ...

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Richards v. Tim Bell Racing, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-098-16, 9 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Theodore Royster, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though the California defendants regularly travel to North Carolina to visit ...

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Wright v. Zacky & Sons Poultry, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0496, Thomas Schroeder, J.) 1:14-cv-00570; M.D.N.C. Holding: Even though the California defendant-employer reached into North Carolina to offer the North Carolina plaintiff a job, the employment contract was executed in ...

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Shoe Show, Inc. v. One-Gateway Associates, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0254, 10 pp.) (James Beaty, J.) 1:14-cv-00434; M.D.N.C. Holding: Although both the leased space and the defendant-landlord are in West Virginia, this court has personal jurisdiction over the West Virginia ...

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Insight Health Corp. v. Marquis Diagnostic Imaging of North Carolina, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0134, 18 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2015 NCBC 7 Holding: Where the Georgia individual defendants were involved in the control of their company’s North Carolina ...

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Universal Leather LLC v. Koro AR, SA (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-1155, 21 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 13-2241, Dec. 8, 2014; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Osteen, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An Argentinian company that sold finished leather goods to a North ...

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