Wilson Tool & Die, Inc. v. TBDN-Tennessee Co.

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action to recover damages for breach of oral contract for lack of personal jurisdiction over a Tennessee defendant, pursuant to the long-arm statute, section 506.500 RSMo (2000). On appeal, plaintiff claims that the trial court abused its discretion when it granted defendant’s motion to dismiss because defendant made a contract in Missouri, transacted business in Missouri, and had sufficient minimum contacts with Missouri to satisfy due process. Because plaintiff has shown a transaction of business and the…