Columbia Asset Recovery Group, LLC v. Kelly

¶1 Columbia Asset Recovery Group, LLC (CARG), appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing its *478complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. Timothy Kennedy, CARG’s sole member, was the guarantor of a one million dollar “Business Loan Agreement” (Agreement) and “Promissory Note” (Note) executed by William Phillips and Atlantic Frost Holdings, LLC (AFH). The Agreement contains jurisdiction and venue provisions permitting the lender, Columbia State Bank, to bring a collection action in King County. After Phillips died, neither his estate nor AFH paid the balance of the Note. Accordingly, the…