Legal Opinion
Droukas v. Divers Training Academy, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 1978PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered following the allowance of the defendant’s motion, under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (2), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), to dismiss the action for lack of personal jurisdiction. The plaintiff challenges the order of a judge of the Superior Court allowing the motion, arguing that G. L. c. 223A, §§ 3 (a) and (b) (the long arm statute), conferred personal jurisdiction over the defendant. We disagree with this contention and affirm the judgment.
The procedural background of the case is as follows. On March 19, 1976, the plaintiff, a resident of Massachusetts,…
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