Lease Acceptance Corp. v. Adams

I. INTRODUCTION

In Docket Nos. 255487 and 256582, plaintiff Lease Acceptance Corporation (LAC) sued defendants, all individuals who signed equipment leases and subsequently defaulted on the contract payments, for breach of contract in the Oakland Circuit Court.1 Defendants are all nonresidents of Michigan, residing in western states.2

In Docket No. 256582, the trial court held that there was no personal jurisdiction against these defendants, and consequently dismissed the cases. Our Court initially denied leave to appeal, but the Michigan Supreme *213Court entered an order directing this Court to…