Pekin Insurance Company v. Marsha Hinton

MAXWELL, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this interlocutory appeal, .Pekin Insurance Company challenges the Jones County Circuit Court’s denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Pekin — an Illinois company not licensed to sell insurance in Mississippi — asserts it had not entered a contract with a Mississippi resident, had not committed a tort in Mississippi, and had not done any business in Mississippi. So it cannot be subject to the jurisdiction of Mississippi courts under our long-arm statute. 1

¶ 2, But Pekin voluntarily submitted itself to the jurisdiction of a…