BOWERS v. WURZBURG

No. 24201.

501 S.E.2d 479 (1998)

202 W.Va. 43

Marvin T. BOWERS, Bessie C. Bowers, Esta M. Bell, John R. Bell, as Class Representatives for Other Unnamed Individuals, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Gretchen WURZBURG; Southland Corporation, a Corporation; Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., a Corporation; IYG Holding Company, a Corporation; Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd., a Corporation; Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General of the State of West Virginia; John Doe # 1, Designer; John Doe # 2, Manufacturer of Pipe and Fittings; John Doe # 3, Installer of Pipe and Fittings; and John Doe # 4, Paver of Driveway, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Taylor, Martinsburg, for Appellants.

Charles F. Printz, Jr., Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Martinsburg, Laurie Plessala Duperier, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Appellees Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd., and IYG Holding Company.


DAVIS, Chief Justice:

In this class action suit against foreign companies and their Texas subsidiary, the appellants, plaintiffs below, argue that the circuit court erred by failing to provide them sufficient time to conduct jurisdictional discovery before dismissing the foreign companies for lack of personal jurisdiction. Due to the complexity of the jurisdictional facts of this case, and the initial showing by the plaintiffs...

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