State Ex Rel. Harper Industries, Inc. v. Sweeney

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

This original proceeding (prohibition) presents this question: What are the venue possibilities in a damage suit when there is only one defendant, the defendant is a foreign corporation, and it (the corporation) has not registered to do business in Missouri?

Specifically, Steven Baldwin (“Plaintiff’), a resident of Dade County, Missouri, alleges he suffered injuries in Dade County that were caused by equipment manufactured by Harper Industries, Inc. (“Relator”). Relator is a foreign corporation with no registered agent in…