Williams Crane & Rigging, Inc. v. B & L Systems, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM

WARRINER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a Virginia corporation, filed this diversity action against defendant, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania. The defendant has moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b) to dismiss this action on the ground that the Court lacks personal jurisdiction over the defendant. This motion is now ripe for disposition.

This action arises out of an agreement between defendant and plaintiff by which defendant was to rent a crane from the plaintiff. Service was had upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.…