Broadway v. Webb

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina granted defendant J. W. Webb’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court held that Webb had no contacts with South Carolina and that exercising jurisdiction over him would violate due process because the airplane accident occurred in North Carolina and the claims did not arise from any South Carolina activity.

Holdings

1. South Carolina could not exercise personal jurisdiction over Webb because he had no contacts with the state and had not purposefully availed himself of the privilege of conducting activities there.
2. The motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction was granted.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina could exercise personal jurisdiction over Texas defendant J. W. Webb in a tort action arising from an airplane accident in North Carolina.
2. Whether Webb's complete lack of contacts with South Carolina satisfied the state's long-arm statute and the Due Process Clause.

Disposition

dismissed