Cross v. Lightolier Inc.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

The question here is whether, in an employment contract action, the Iowa District Court acquired personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation by service made pursuant to Iowa Code section 617.3 (1983). Ultimately, the issue is whether jurisdiction is acquired when the proof is inadequate to show that the contract is to be performed in part or whole in Iowa, but does show that the corporation was doing business in Iowa.

Plaintiff Walter A. Cross is a resident of Iowa and maintains that he was offered and accepted employment by defendant Lightolier Incorporated; the…