Auto Owners Insurance Co. v. Consumers Insurance USA, Inc.

OPINION

LAMBERT, Senior Judge:

Auto Owners Insurance Company (“Auto Owners”) appeals from the April 30, 2009, judgment of the Hopkins Circuit Court which granted summary judgment to Consumers Insurance USA, Inc. (“Consumers”) in the underlying civil action between the parties. Upon our conclusion that the trial court erred in holding that it lacked personal jurisdiction over Consumers, we reverse and remand.

The underlying circuit court civil action arose from an automobile accident on November 20, 2000, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Marilyn Stafford, a Kentucky resident, was injured due to the…