State Ex Rel. William Ranni Associates, Inc. v. Hartenbach

HIGGINS, Judge.

William Ranni Associates, Inc., a New York corporation claiming that Missouri courts cannot exercise personal jurisdiction over it, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent Judge Hartenbach from proceeding to trial on underlying claims against Ranni. 1 This Court issued a preliminary writ of prohibition which is now made absolute.

This proceeding arises from the resolution of a claim on a life insurance policy issued to Morris Victor, a Missouri resident who died September 23, 1981. Plaintiffs, beneficiaries under the policy, are the three children and former wife of Morris…