Ronald Milor, Jr., et al. v. Oasis Hotels & Resorts, S.A. de C.V., et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed without prejudice a wrongful-death and survival action arising from a drowning at a resort in Mexico. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to establish general or specific personal jurisdiction over the foreign defendants under Maryland's long-arm statute and the Due Process Clause. The court also denied the plaintiffs' requests for limited jurisdictional discovery and directed the Clerk to close the case.

Holdings

1. The court lacked general personal jurisdiction over either defendant because neither defendant was at home in Maryland and plaintiffs offered no showing of continuous and systematic Maryland contacts.
2. The court lacked specific personal jurisdiction over either defendant because plaintiffs did not establish a Maryland long-arm statute basis, purposeful availment, or a relationship between defendants' Maryland contacts and plaintiffs' claims.
3. Plaintiffs were not entitled to limited jurisdictional discovery.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the District of Maryland could exercise general or specific personal jurisdiction over the two foreign resort defendants under Maryland's long-arm statute and the Due Process Clause.
2. Whether plaintiffs were entitled to limited jurisdictional discovery concerning personal jurisdiction.
3. Whether the Complaint should be dismissed without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Disposition

dismissed