Legal Opinion
Olmsted County v. Trailer Equipment Warehouses, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 29, 1988No. C5-87-2222PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANDALL, Judge.
Olmsted County appeals from an order for dismissal of its claim against respondents for lack of personal jurisdiction. The trial court found that Trailer Equipment Warehouses, Inc. had insufficient minimum contacts with the state to permit a constitutional exercise of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.
FACTS
An Olmsted County employee was injured in 1983 when a trailer became disconnected from a moving vehicle and struck him. The accident occurred in Minnesota. The trailer itself was manufactured by W-W Trailer Manufacturers, Inc. (W-W), an Oklahoma corporation. The hitch…
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