Pellegrini v. Sachs and Sons

CROCKETT, Justice:

Sylvia Pellegrini sued Sachs and Sons, Lincoln automobile dealer of Downey, Cal ifornia, (Ford Motor Company, and others not involved here) alleging injuries and damages resulting from Sachs’ negligence in dealer preparation and breach of warranty on a new Lincoln Continental she had purchased from it. The district court granted Sachs’ motion to dismiss on the ground that it did not have the requisite minimum contacts with this state to allow assertion of jurisdiction under our “Long-Arm” statute. 1 Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff was a California resident in July 1970 when she…