Legal Opinion
M.R. v. Serenicare Funeral Home, L.L.C.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 2012No. 33,920; Docket 30,879PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRY, Judge.
{1} In this case, we must decide whether a Utah funeral home established sufficient minimum contacts with New Mexico to justify a New Mexico court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over the funeral home. The funeral home contracted with an Ohio shipping company to prepare Plaintiffs’ relative’s (Decedent’s) body for shipping from Utah, where Decedent died, to New Mexico, her residence. The district court concluded that the funeral home did not have sufficient contacts with New Mexico to satisfy the requirements of due process and dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims against the…
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