Packer Plastics, Inc. v. Laundon

The sole question in this appeal is the allocation of the burden of proof when a defense of lack of personal jurisdiction is raised in an action to enforce a judgment rendered by the court of another state. The plaintiff, Packer Plastics, Inc., obtained a default judgment from the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, against the defendant, John Laundon, and subsequently sought enforcement of the Kansas judgment in Connecticut. The trial court, Noren, J., rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff on the ground that the defendant had failed to offer evidence that the Kansas judgment was…