Bludworth Bond Shipyard, Inc. v. M/v Caribbean Wind, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., in Rem, Rolf Westerstrom

Defendant-appellant Rolf Westerstrom (Westerstrom) appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to set aside a default judgment entered in favor of plaintiff-ap-pellee Bludworth Bond Shipyard, Inc. (Bludworth). Westerstrom contends that the default judgment is void for want of personal jurisdiction because (1) service of process did not comply with the Texas long-arm statute and (2) he did not have sufficient minimum contacts with Texas to be subject to long-arm jurisdiction and therefore amenable to service. We agree that Westerstrom was not properly served, and accordingly we reverse…