Nan Ya Plastics Corp. U.S.A. v. DeSantis

This appeal stems from an action for damages brought by an employee against an employer for the alleged breach of an employment contract. First, we must decide whether the trial court properly exercised in personam jurisdiction over a foreign corporation under Virginia’s long-arm statute. If we decide the jurisdictional question in favor of the plaintiff, we will examine issues of contract breach and damages.

In 1985, appellee Philip DeSantis, a resident of Greene County, filed a motion for judgment against appellant Nan Ya Plastics Corporation U.S.A. seeking recovery of $350,000 for breach of…