Matthew v. Fläkt Woods Group SA

BERGER, Justice:

This is an appeal from a decision dismissing a complaint against a foreign business entity for lack of personal jurisdiction. The foreign company allegedly conspired with other defendants to divest appellant of his interest in a lucrative joint venture. That plan was accomplished, in part, by causing the dissolution of a Delaware limited liability company co-founded by appellant. Under the “conspiracy theory” of personal jurisdiction, a plaintiff must allege facts from which one can infer that a foreign defendant knew or should have known that the conspiracy would have a…