Portland Trailer & Equipment, Inc. v. A-1 Freeman Moving & Storage, Inc.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their complaint against defendants for wrongful use of a civil proceeding based on lack of personal jurisdiction. ORCP 21 A; ORCP 4. Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in concluding that defendants’ conduct in causing summons and complaint in an unmeritorious Oklahoma action to be served on them in Oregon and defendants’ ensuing communications with plaintiffs in Oregon relating to that litigation, were insufficient to confer j uris diction over defendants in Oregon’s courts. We conclude that, in keeping with the demands of due process,…