Brooks Shoe Manufacturing, Inc. v. Byrd

Shulman, Judge.

The defendant-appellant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff-appellee’s complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction was denied. This court granted the application for interlocutory appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Certain facts are not in dispute. Defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation manufacturing athletic shoes. Defendant has never established warehouses, offices, facilities or other places of business in Georgia, and at the time of suit was not authorized to do or transact business in this state. Plaintiff is a Georgia resident and was defendant’s exclusive sales…