Kin Yong Lung Industrial Co. v. Temple

COVINGTON, Judge.

On this interlocutory appeal, the appellant, Kin Yong Lung Industrial Company, Limited (KYL), challenges a nonfinal order denying its motion to quash service of process for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse.

*665In July 1999, the appellee, Diane Marie Temple, as personal representative of the estate of her late husband, Dail Wayne Temple (the decedent), filed a product liability and automobile negligence action. Among others, the lawsuit named as a defendant KYL, a Taiwanese manufacturer of motorcycle helmets. In her complaint, Temple alleged that KYL manufactured the…