KAUFFMAN RACING EQUIP., L.L.C. v. ROBERTS

No. 2008-1038.

126 Ohio St.3d 81 (2010)

2010-Ohio-2551

KAUFFMAN RACING EQUIPMENT, L.L.C., Appellee, v. ROBERTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett Jaffe and Dennis C. Belli, for appellee.

Kepko & Phillips Co., L.P.A., William J. Kepko, and Sherry M. Phillips, for appellant.


PFEIFER, J.

{¶ 1} In this case, we address whether an Ohio court can properly assert personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant when jurisdiction is predicated on that defendant's publication of allegedly defamatory statements on the Internet. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the trial court erred when it declined to assert personal jurisdiction over the nonresident defendant in this...

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