B.T. Metal Works v. United Die & Manufacturing Co.

¶1 Daryl Boyd, d/b/a B.T. Metalworks (“Boyd”), appeals from an Order of the Montana Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Roosevelt County, in which the court dismissed his lawsuit against United Die and Manufacturing Company (“United Die”) for lack of personal jurisdiction. Boyd, a Montana resident, filed a complaint against United Die, an Ohio corporation, alleging that United Die intentionally interfered with a business relationship; breached its fiduciary duty to maintain confidentiality of cost information and drawings; and misappropriated Boyd’s trade secrets, including cost information,…