Legal Opinion

Johansen v. HomeAdvisor, Inc.

District Court, S.D. Ohio

Decided October 31, 2016No. Case No. 2:16-cv-121PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION & ORDER

ALGENON L. MARBLEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This matter comes before the Court on HomeAdvisor, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. (Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss, Doc. 18). HomeAdvisor contends that the Court lacks jurisdiction due to the absence of “sufficient minimum contacts” between the company and the forum state of Ohio. Based on the record before this Court, HomeAdvisor’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.

*581I. BACKGROUND

In this putative class action, Ken Johan-sen alleges that a pair of companies— HomeAdvisor and One Planet Ops, Inc.— worked in tandem to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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