Dr. Ing HCF Porsche AG v. Superior Court

Opinion

CARR, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court acquired personal jurisdiction over petitioner (Porsche), who seeks mandate to compel the trial court to vacate its order denying petitioner’s motions to quash service of summons and to dismiss pursuant to section 581a, Code of Civil Procedure.

This action for wrongful death arises from a single car accident on May 16, 1977. Plaintiffs’ decedent, a passenger in a 1977 Porsche automobile owned and driven by another person who, like petitioner, is a defendant herein, was killed when the Porsche left the roadway of Brannan…