Innovative Clinical & Consulting Services, LLC v. First National Bank of Ames

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari from the holding in First Nat. Bank of Ames, Iowa v. Innovative Clinical & Consulting Svcs., LLC, 266 Ga. App. 842 (598 SE2d 530) (2004) to address perceived inconsistencies in our precedents defining the scope of personal jurisdiction that Georgia courts may exercise over nonresidents pursuant to OCGA § 9-10-91, the Georgia long-arm statute. We reiterate our holding in Gust v. Flint, 257 Ga. 129 (356 SE2d 513) (1987), that “[t]he rule that controls is our statute, which requires that an out-of-state defendant must do certain acts within the…