Tung v. American University of the Caribbean

SCHLEGEL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Harry Tung, appeals from the granting of a special appearance for defendants American University and Yife Tien in this action for breach of an employment contract and conversion. The question here is whether the nonresident defendants had sufficient contacts with Iowa to permit our courts to acquire personal jurisdiction over them. The trial court sustained defendants' special appearance after finding that “insufficient contacts exist” to subject the defendants to jurisdiction under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 56.2 and the governing due process stricture. We affirm.