Wilkinson v. Boats Unlimited, Inc.

This appeal challenges the validity of a default judgment on the ground that the trial court rendering the judgment lacked personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation. The plaintiff, Jeffrey C. Wilkinson, filed a complaint to recover damages for the loss of a vessel sold to him by the defendant Boats Unlimited, Inc. (Boats Unlimited), and manufactured by the defendant Bayliner Marine Corporation (Bayliner). The trial court, Arena, J., granted the plaintiffs motion for a default judgment against the defendants for failure to appear and, after a hearing in damages, rendered a judgment on…