JL SCHWIETERS CONST. v. GOLDRIDGE CONST.

No. A10-263.

788 N.W.2d 529 (2010)

JL SCHWIETERS CONSTRUCTION, INC., Respondent, v. GOLDRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, INC., et al., Appellants, Minnwest Bank, M.V., Respondent, Inver Grove Heights WP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Respondent, Auer Steel & Heating Supply Co., Respondent, Crew2, Inc., Respondent, J.F. Ahern Co., a Wisconsin corporation, Respondent, Ramsey Excavating, Inc., Respondent, MCI Paint & Drywall, Inc., Respondent, Pine Bend Paving, Inc., Respondent, Benedict Refrigeration Service, Inc., intervenor, Respondent, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., intervenor/defendant, Respondent, Plummer Concrete, Inc., intervenor/defendant, Respondent, Floor Technologies, Inc., intervenor/defendant, Respondent, South Side Electric, Inc., intervenor/defendant, Respondent, + Tub Medic, Inc., Intervenor/Defendant, Schindler Elevator Corporation, intervenor/defendant, Respondent, Acquisition of I-94 Glass & Mirror, Inc., Respondent, Ace Supply Co., Inc., as Assignee of Swanson Plumbing & Heating, Inc., Respondent, BRODE-90, LLC, Respondent, Wakota Federal Credit Union, Respondent, 21st Century Bank, Respondent, John J. Morgan Company, Respondent, Midwest Fence & Manufacturing Company, Respondent, Egan Company, Respondent, AVR, Inc., Respondent, ELM of Wisconsin, Inc., Respondent, Schwieters Companies, Inc., Respondent, JDS & WMK, Inc., d/b/a Overhead Door Co. of the Northland, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

September 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest F. Peake , Patrick J. Lindmark , Leonard, O'Brien, Spencer, Gale & Sayre, Ltd, Minneapolis, MN, for respondents JL Schwieters Construction, Inc. and Schwieters Companies, Inc.

Richard M. Carlson , Morris Law Group, P.A., Edina, MN, Albert Solochek , Howard, Solochek & Weber, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pro hac vice for appellants Goldridge Construction, Inc., et al.

Frederick A. Dudderar, Jr. , Hanft, Fride, et al., Duluth, MN, Brian M. Sund , Eric G. Nasstrom , Morrison Fenske & Sund, P.A., Minnetonka, MN, for respondent Minnwest Bank, M.V.

Matthew A. Anderson , Mackall, Crounse & Moore, PLC, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Inver Grove Heights WP, LLC.

Amy M. Kaldor , Murnane Brandt , St. Paul, MN, for respondent Crew2, Inc.

Patrick V. Johnson , Speeter and Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Ramsey Excavating, Inc.

Michael J. Auger , Schleck & Associates, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Justin L. Seurer , Seurer Law Firm , Minnetonka, MN, for respondent MCI Paint & Drywall, Inc.

Christopher J. Lehmann , Grannis & Grannis, P.A., South St. Paul, MN, for respondent Pine Bend Paving, Inc.

Marnie E. Fearon , Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Benedict Refrigeration Services, Inc.

Anthony U. Wacker , St. Paul, MN, for respondent Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

Jennifer L. Lappegaard , Red Wing, MN, for respondent Plummer Concrete, Inc.

Malcolm D. MacGregor , Nolan, MacGregor, Thompson, et al., St. Paul, MN, for respondent Floor Technologies, Inc.

Dean G. Gavin , Gavin Law Office, PLC, Chaska, MN, for respondent South Side Electric, Inc.

James K. Sander , James K. Sander, P.A., Golden Valley, MN, for respondent Schindler Elevator Corporation.

Eric W. Forsberg , Forsberg Law Office, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Acquisition of I-94 Glass & Mirror, Inc.

John M. Harvey , Harvey & Sheehan, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN, for respondents Ace Supply Co. as Assignee of Swanson Plumbing and Heating, Inc.

BRODE-90, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, respondent.

Wakota Federal Credit Union, South St. Paul, MN, respondent.

Thomas P. Dolphin , Blaine, MN, for respondent 21st Century Bank.

John J. Morgan Company, St. Paul, MN, respondent.

David E. Albright , Eagan, MN, for respondent Midwest Fence & Manufacturing Company.

Gregory T. Spalj , Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Egan Company.

Reese E. Chezick , Hastings, MN, for respondent AVR, Inc.

Charles B. Harris , Arthur Chapman Kettering Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Hudson, WI, for respondent ELM of Wisconsin, Inc.

Considered and decided by MINGE, Presiding Judge; HALBROOKS, Judge; and ROSS, Judge.


OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

Wisconsin company Goldridge Group LLP appeals from the district court's denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Goldridge Group was sued for accepting fraudulent transfers of funds from a Minnesota subsidiary that owned the property developed during a construction project in Inver Grove Heights. When the project was completed, the subsidiary was insolvent and could not pay the subcontractors. Goldridge Group...

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