Saft America, Inc. v. Plainview Batteries, Inc.

I concur with the majority holding insofar as it affirms the trial court’s denial of Defendant Energex’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. However, I believe that personal jurisdiction is also properly exercised over Defendant Erde. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent from the majority’s reversal of the court’s denial of Erde’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

The dispositive issue is whether Erde had the requisite “minimum contacts” with North Carolina such that the exercise of personal jurisdiction over him does not violate his right to due process…