Ciba-Geigy Corp. v. Barnett

EAGLES, Judge.

This appeal is properly before us. G.S. l-277(b). Its resolution involves two questions: (1) Did defendant’s conduct bring him within the North Carolina “long-arm” jurisdictional statutes? and (2) If so, does the exercise of that jurisdiction satisfy constitutional standards of due process? Dillon v. Numismatic Funding Corp., 291 N.C. 674, 231 S.E. 2d 629 (1977). For reasons discussed below, we answer both questions in the affirmative.

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Our jurisdictional statutes are to be construed liberally in favor of finding personal jurisdiction. Marion v. Long, 72 N.C. App. 585, 325 S.E.…