Collector Cars of Nags Head, Inc. v. GCS ELECTRONICS

BECTON, Judge.

Defendant, G.C.S. Electronics, Inc., a California corporation, appeals from the trial court’s ruling that the North Carolina courts have in personam jurisdiction over the defendant in an action brought by Collector Cars of Nags Head, Inc., a North Carolina corporation. We affirm.

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G.C.S. Electronics, Inc. (G.C.S.), a California corporation whose principal place of business is in Costa Mesa, California, advertised a portable telephone in a national publication with circulation in North Carolina. The president of Collector Cars of Nags Head, Inc. (Collector Cars) telephoned G.C.S.…