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ROBERTS v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP.

No. 7000.

670 P.2d 974 (1983)

100 N.M. 363

Velda ROBERTS, Individually, as representative of the estate of Jerry Dean Roberts, and as Next Friend of Kerri Roberts, a Minor, Randall R. Roberts and Bobby D. Roberts, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Avco Corporation, Avco Lycoming Corporation, Defendants, and Custom Airmotive, Inc., B & S Aircraft Parts & Accessories, Scenic Aviation, Defendant-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Fuenters, P.A., Corales, Fisher, Gallagher, Perrin & Lewis, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellants.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Leland S. Sedberry, Jr., Mark Thompson, III, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee B & S Aircraft Parts & Accessories.

Johnson & Lanphere, P.C., Donald C. Schutte, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee Scenic Aviation Services, Inc.

Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Charles A. Pharris, Rebecca A. Houston, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee Custom Airmotive, Inc.

OPINION

NEAL, Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of three defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction. We discuss the meaning of "tortious act," as used in our long-arm statute, NMSA 1978, 38-1-16(A)(3), "minimum contacts," and whether the trial court erred when it refused to allow the plaintiffs additional time for discovery of jurisdictional facts.

Jerry Dean Roberts was killed in a plane crash near Albuquerque. This wrongful death action...

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