Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Pitman
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2007No. 2005-SC-000861-DGPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice LAMBERT.
Due process of law imposes limitations on a court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants. In the instant case, a nonresident attorney engaged in significant legal and fiduciary activities in Kentucky. Conceding that he is subject to personal jurisdiction in Kentucky for claims arising from legal services performed, he seeks to avoid personal jurisdiction in this forum for actions in his role as trustee of the trust agreement he drafted. Appellee, R. Andrew Boose, analogizes himself to one with two hats and posits that in…
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