Legal Opinion
Broadway v. Webb
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided December 6, 1978No. Civ. A. No. 78-1324Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION OF DEFENDANT WEBB TO DISMISS FOR WANT OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
Defendant Webb moves for dismissal of this action for want of personal jurisdiction. Upon examination of the facts incident to the question, the court grants the motion. Webb’s affidavit, filed in support of the motion is uncontroverted and shows Webb has no contact with South Carolina now, or in the past.
This is a diversity action sounding in tort and arises out of an airplane accident that occurred in North Carolina. Jurisdiction of the subject matter would lie in the federal courts by…
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