Legal Opinion
HealthMarkets, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 9, 2009No. B211881PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
HealthMarkets, Inc. (HealthMarkets), challenges the denial of its motion to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction. HealthMarkets is a nonresident holding company and has no contacts with the State of California. Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of Tennessee (Mid-West) is a subsidiary of a subsidiary of HealthMarkets. The trial court concluded that Mid-West’s contacts with this state should be attributed to HealthMarkets for purposes of specific personal jurisdiction. We conclude that specific personal jurisdiction over a parent company based…
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