HANSEN v. SCOTT

No. 20010195.

645 N.W.2d 223 (2002)

2002 ND 101

Michelle HANSEN, Stacey Hansen, and Michelle Hansen, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Gordon and Barbara Erickstad, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Wayne SCOTT, Ray Parra, Rey Selvera, William H. Brooks, Cathy Doyle, Veronica Ballard, Carl Jeffries, Ethel White, Larry Hermance, Cynthia Lyons, Defendants and Appellees, Robert R. Lawrence, John Doe # 1, John Doe # 2, John Doe # 3, John Doe # 4, and John Doe # 5, individually, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Q. Purdon (argued) and Thomas A. Dickson (on brief), Dickson & Purdon, Bismarck, N.D., for plaintiffs and appellants.

Charles K. Eldred (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX and Daniel L. Hovland (appeared), Smith Bakke Hovland & Oppegard, Bismarck, N.D., for defendants and appellees.

Ken R. Sorenson, Assistant Attorney General, Bismarck, N.D., for amicus curiae.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Michelle Hansen, individually and as personal representative of the estates of Gordon and Barbara Erickstad, and Stacey Hansen, the Erickstads' daughters, ("daughters") appeal from a partial judgment dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction their wrongful death, survivorship, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("Texas defendants"). We hold the daughters' claims against the...

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