Legal Opinion

ATCO Sign & Lighting Co., LLC v. Stamm Manufacturing, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 25, 2009No. A09A0005PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Judge.

ATCO Sign & Lighting Company, LLC (“ATCO”), contends the trial court erred by dismissing its complaint against Stamm Manufacturing, Inc., 1 for lack of personal jurisdiction. The record shows that, after ATCO and others filed a complaint against Stamm Manufacturing and two others, the trial court dismissed the claim against Stamm Manufacturing because the court found it lacked minimum personal contacts with Georgia. The court held that all the activities leading to the transaction at issue took place in Florida, and the only activity in Georgia involved an independent…

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