Deer Corporation v. Carter

MARTIN, Chief Judge!

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing its claim for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

Plaintiff is a North Carolina corporation engaged in the business of selling wheel balancing equipment. The equipment is manufactured in Germany by a company called Haweka Auswuchttechnik Horst Warkotsch GmbH (“Haweka Germany”). In March 1999, plaintiff entered into an agreement with Haweka Germany giving plaintiff the exclusive right to distribute its products in North America for twenty years. In 2000, plaintiff…