Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Piper Aircraft Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 8, 1983No. 7000PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
The plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of three defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction. We discuss the meaning of “tortious act,” as used in our long-arm statute, NMSA 1978, 38-l-16(A)(3), “minimum contacts,” and whether the trial court erred when it refused to allow the plaintiffs additional time for discovery of jurisdictional facts.
Jerry Dean Roberts was killed in a plane crash near Albuquerque. This wrongful death action arises out of that crash.
The three dismissed defendants are Scenic Aviation, Custom Airmotive, Inc. and B & S Aircraft, Inc. The plaintiffs allege…
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