Hinshaw & Culbertson, Amanda Almeda , Sandra Mary Benyamin ; Family Violence Appellate Project, Arati Vasan , Cory Hernandez and Jennafer Dorfman Wagner for Family Violence Appellate Project, Alliance for Hope International, Battered Women's Justice Project, California Women's Law Center, California Protective Parents Association, Center for a Non-Violence Community, Community Legal Aid SoCal, Domestic Abuse Center, Doves of Big Bear Valley, Inc., FreeFrom, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Legal Voice, Los Angeles County Bar Association Counsel for Justice Domestic Violence Project, Project Sanctuary, Public Interest Law Project, Sanctuary for Families, San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, Inc., Christine M. Scartz , Stopping Domestic Violence, Walnut Avenue Family & Women's Center and D. Kelly Weisberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Andrew D. Bradt and University of California, Berkeley School of Law as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Law Offices of George P. Eshoo and George P. Eshoo for Defendant and Respondent.
OPINION
BURNS, J.—
While travelling in California, a man assaulted and injured his spouse. Both live in Georgia. The spouse brought a tort action in California superior court. The court concluded that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the assailant and dismissed the action. We reverse and hold that, absent compelling circumstances...
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