M.R. v. SERENICARE FUNERAL HOME, L.L.C.

No. 30,879.

296 P.3d 492 (2012)

2013-NMCA-022

M.R., V.D., P.R., and C.R., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SERENICARE FUNERAL HOME, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee, and Cantrup/De Vargas Corp, d/b/a De Vargas Funeral Home, Vincent R. Salazar, Inman Shipping Worldwide, and John Does 1-5, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, January 2, 2013, No. 33,920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter & Valle Law Firm, P.C., Richard J. Valle , Criostoir O'Cleireachain , Kathryn Lueker-Eaton , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.

Allen, Shepherd, Lewis, Syra & Chapman, P.A., E.W. Shepherd , Ryan T. Sanders , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} In this case, we must decide whether a Utah funeral home established sufficient minimum contacts with New Mexico to justify a New Mexico court's exercise of personal jurisdiction over the funeral home. The funeral home contracted with an Ohio shipping company to prepare Plaintiffs' relative's (Decedent's) body for shipping from Utah, where Decedent died, to New Mexico, her residence. The district court concluded that...

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