Brown v. Cal Dykstra Equipment Co., Inc.

This is an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to VR.A.E 5(b)(1), of the superior court’s decision to deny the motion of defendant, Cal Dykstra Equipment Co., to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff Keith E. Brown, d/b/a Precision Crane Service, a Vermont resident, brought suit against defendant, a Wisconsin corporation, for fraud stemming from the sale of a crane. Defendant moved to dismiss, arguing that its contacts with Vermont were insufficient to allow jurisdiction over it in Vermont courts. The superior court ruled that defendant’s contacts were .sufficient to support…