Norris v. Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that (1) trial courts must determine the question of jurisdiction before deciding other dispositional matters such as a statute of limitations defense and (2) personal jurisdiction was lacking over Defendhnts-Appellees Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc. and Six Flags at Magic Mountain (Defendants) in *204this case under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 634-35(a)(1) and (2) (1993) of Hawaii’s long arm statute. Defendants’ activities in this State essentially amounted to advertising in a magazine and on an internet website. We conclude that such activity did not…