Tire Group International, Inc. v. Confianca Mudancas & Transportes

Appellani/Plaintiff Tire Group International, Inc. (Tire Group), appeals the entry of an order vacating a default judgment entered against individual non-resident defendants. We affirm because the complaint fails to allege personal jurisdiction and Tire Group did not comply with the statutes allowing substitute service of process.

Tire Group sued two Brazilian corporate defendants and seven Brazilian individual defendants.1 The sole basis for proceeding against the individual defendants was an alleged breach of an oral guaranty to pay the corporate defendants’ debts. The complaint also alleged…