Lincoln v. Fairfield-Nobel Co.

Plaintiff brought this action in his capacity as the administrator of the estates of Karen M. Lincoln and Nancy L. Lincoln, his daughters. On October 31, 1973, Michael Wood, a Michigan resident, drove his car across the center line of the road striking the car in which plaintiff’s decedents were riding. Both Lincoln girls and Mr. Wood were killed in the accident. Plaintiff appeals as of right from a January 14, 1976 order of the trial court granting defendant’s motion for accelerated and summary judgment on the ground that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant, a New York…