WITBECK v. BILL CODY'S RANCH INN

Docket Nos. 75650, 77913, (Calendar Nos. 4-5).

428 Mich. 659 (1987)

411 N.W.2d 439

WITBECK v. BILL CODY'S RANCH INN HAPNER v. SOLIS APPARATUS MANUFACTORIES LTD

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nora, Hemming, Essad & Polaczyk, P.C. (by John J. Nora and Geno D. Salomone), for plaintiff Witbeck.

Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian (by William H. Goodman, Robert A. Koory, and Sharon Mills) for plaintiffs Hapner.

Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton (by Michael L. Updike) for defendant Bill Cody's Ranch Inn.

Butzel, Keidan, Simon, Myers & Graham (by Richard P. Saslow and Linda G. Burwell) for defendant Solis Apparatus Manufactories Ltd.


GRIFFIN, J.

These cases, one a personal injury action and the other a products liability suit, require that we examine the reach of Michigan's long-arm statute in asserting limited personal jurisdiction over nonresident corporations, MCL 600.715; MSA 27A.715.

Because the proofs are inadequate in each instance to demonstrate that the defendant "purposefully availed" itself of the privilege of conducting activities within Michigan, we conclude that exercise...

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