TUNG v. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN

No. 83-1350.

353 N.W.2d 869 (1984)

Harry H.N. TUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN, Defendant-Appellee, Paul S. Tien, Defendant, and Yife Tien, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Cruise of Barker, Cruise & Kennedy, Iowa City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce C. Walker of Phelan, Tucker, Boyle & Mullen, Iowa City, for defendants-appellees.

Considered by SNELL, P.J., and SCHLEGEL and SACKETT, JJ.


SCHLEGEL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Harry Tung, appeals from the granting of a special appearance for defendants American University and Yife Tien in this action for breach of an employment contract and conversion. The question here is whether the nonresident defendants had sufficient contacts with Iowa to permit our courts to acquire personal jurisdiction over them. The trial court sustained defendants' special appearance after finding that "insufficient contacts exist"...

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