Hope's Windows, Inc. v. McClain

KAREN KING MITCHELL, Presiding Judge.

Hope’s Windows, Inc., appeals the circuit court’s order denying Hope’s Windows’s Petition to Register the New York Judgment and granting Kenneth McClain’s Motion to Vacate Petition for Registration of Foreign Judgment. Hope’s Windows raises five points on appeal, arguing that the circuit court erred for various reasons in finding that the New York court lacked personal jurisdiction over McClain. We reverse the judgment and remand to the circuit court.

Factual and Procedural Background1

Hope’s Windows is a New York corporation, with its principal place of…