Apel Steel Corp. v. JS Nationwide Erectors, Inc.

WOODALL, Justice.

Northstar Battery Company, LLC (“Northstar”), petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Cullman Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Northstar’s motion to dismiss the action filed against it by Apel Steel Corporation (“Apel”) and to enter an order dismissing the action for lack of in personam jurisdiction. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Apel’s claims against Northstar are asserted in Apel’s first amended complaint, which named as defendants not only Northstar, a limited liability company whose principal place…