Alpert v. Kodee Technologies

Strausbaugh, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Martin Alpert and Click Technologies, Inc., appeal from the dismissal of their declaratory judgment/injunctive relief action against defendants-appellees, Kodee Technologies and John J. House (“House” collectively), by the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County. 1 Appellants submit that the dismissal with prejudice was unwarranted, as Ohio’s long-arm statute and controlling Civil Rule vested jurisdiction in the trial court, an appropriate venue.

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Alpert formed Click Technologies, Inc. in 1992 (“Click”), an Ohio corporation with its principal place of…