Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Lemaire

OPINION

SWANN, Judge:

¶ 1 Kathi Buss sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware with its principal place of business in Arkansas, in Arizona over a slip-and-fall accident that occurred at a store in Oregon. Wal-Mart filed a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, and the superior court, relying on our opinion in Bohreer v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 216 Ariz. 208, 165 P.3d 186 (App, 2007), denied it, finding Wal-Mart was subject to general jurisdiction in Arizona. Wal-Mart then filed a petition for special action. 1

¶ 2 Because the facts of the case have no connection to…