Legal Opinion
Dutch Run-Mays Draft, LLC v. Wolf Block, LLP
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided July 5, 2017PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LIHOTZ, P.J.A.D.
A fundamental question in every legal action is whether a given court has jurisdiction to preside over a given case. Absent personal jurisdiction over the parties, a judge has no authority to proceed. Plaintiff Dutch Run-Mays Draft, LLC, a West Virginia limited liability company, operating as a Chapter 11 Debtor-in-possession, maintains the Law Division judge erroneously dismissed its professional negligence complaint after concluding the court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant, Wolf Block, LLP, a now-dissolved Pennsylvania…
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