Dollar Bank v. Bernstein Group, Inc.

Whiteside, Judge.

Defendants, The Bernstein Group, Inc., Richard K. Bernstein, and William A. Fullerton, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court denying their motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Civ.R. 60(B). The following single assignment of error is raised:

“The trial court erred when it failed to conduct an independent inquiry concerning whether the Pennsylvania court had jurisdiction over the subject matter of this dispute.”

This case arises out of a suit filed by plaintiff, Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank, by which plaintiff sought to enforce in…