Baldwin v. Easterling

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

We granted this interlocutory appeal to review the trial court’s denial of a motion by defendant to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

Plaintiff Theresa Baldwin filed this action alleging that she is a resident of Salt Lake County, Utah, and that defendant Carl Easterling is a resident of Pennsylvania but is subject to the jurisdiction of this state’s courts pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 78-27-24 (1987), Utah’s long-arm statute. That section provides so far as pertinent here:

Any person, notwithstanding section 16-10-102, whether or not a citizen or resident of this…