Legal Opinion
Bickford v. Onslow Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 31, 2004PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶ 1] We are called upon to determine whether Maine’s long-arm statute, 14 M.R.S.A. § 704-A(2)(B) (2003), confers personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state creditor who does not do business in Maine, but who has refused to remedy an alleged defect in a credit report affecting a Maine debtor. Roy Bickford, a Maine resident, appeals from an order of the Superi- or Court (Penobscot County, Mead, J.) dismissing his complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant, On-slow Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc., a North Carolina corporation. Because we conclude that the Maine Superior…
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