Clarkson Power Flow, Inc. v. Thompson

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari in these cases, 149 Ga. App. 284 (254 SE2d 401) (1979), in order to re-evaluate our decision in Coe & Payne Co. v. Wood-Mosaic Corp., 230 Ga. 58, 60 (195 SE2d 399) (1973), where we adopted the Illinois Rule of long arm jurisdiction "based on the premise that the Long Arm Statute contemplates that jurisdiction shall be exercised over nonresident parties to the maximum extent permitted by procedural due process.” We reaffirm that decision.

Code Ann. § 24-113.1(b) and (c) 1 provide for the exercise of personal jurisdiction over nonresident…