Legal Opinion
Dickson v. Hertz Corp.
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided March 16, 1983No. Civ. No. 80-269PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, Chief Judge
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This case is before the Court on the motion of defendant to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2), or in the alternative, to dismiss for inconvenient forum. 5 V.I.C. § 4905. The issue presented is whether defendant’s contacts with the Virgin Islands are sufficient to make it amenable to suit here for a claim which admittedly “arose” in a foreign forum.
I. INTRODUCTION
The above captioned action arose from an accident which occurred at defendant’s place of business at the Miami International Airport on October 21, 1979. Plaintiff…
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