Pelt v. BankCard USA Merchant Services, Inc.

WOODALL, Justice.

First Western Bank (“First Western”) petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Greene Circuit Court to vacate its order denying First Western’s motions to dismiss the complaint against it filed by Mary Louise Pelt on the basis that the trial court lacked in personam jurisdiction and to enter an order dismissing it from the action. We grant the petition.

On April 15, 2002,. Pelt filed a class-action complaint against First Western, BankCard USA Merchant Services, Inc. (“BankCard”), and fictitiously named parties, alleging that “the defendants and/or their…