Where (1) defendant Lazarus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a Barbados corporation, which is not subject to personal jurisdiction in the courts of any state; (2) plaintiffs assert federal-law claims; (3) plaintiffs allege that Lazarus convinced a South Carolina resident to submit ...

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Though the Chinese defendants manufactured tires for distribution in the United States and entered into a contract with a U.S. company to distribute those tires, these facts do not constitute purposeful availment of the South Carolina market. The court grants ...

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Accident Insurance Co. v. U.S. Bank N.A. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-156-17, 8 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 3:16-cv-02621; D.S.C. Holding: Defendant U.S. Bank Trust’s purported knowledge that plaintiff has strong forum connections and that plaintiff would suffer harm in the ...

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Moore v. Club Car, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-084-17, 19 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:16-cv-00581; D.S.C. Holding: Where the parties have participated in discovery and provided the court with deposition testimony, affidavits and business documents, the court could conduct ...

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Ruhe v. Bowen (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-189-16, 17 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:15-cv-03792; D.S.C. Holding: After plaintiffs’ decedent moved from Colorado to South Carolina, the Colorado defendant-doctor called in a prescription for the decedent to a South Carolina pharmacy. This ...

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E.E. v. Eagle’s Nest Foundation (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-144-16, 16 pp.) (Bruce Howe Hendricks, J.) 8:15-cv-02296; D.S.C. Holding: Only once in the past five years has a “camp representative” – someone who gets a camp tuition discount from the North ...

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Hidria, USA, Inc. v. Delo, d.d. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-031-16, 14 pp.) (Stephanie McDonald, J.) (H. Bruce Williams, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) Appealed from Greenville County Circuit Court (Letitia Verdin, J.) S.C. App. Holding: The ...

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Fitzhenry v. One on One Marketing LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-133-15, 11 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:14-cv-04782; D.S.C. Holding: Even though defendant Education Corporation of America’s (ECA’s) subsidiary appears to have minimum contacts with South Carolina, and even though ECA ...

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Poole v. Transcontinental Fund Administration, Ltd. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-060-15, 19 pp.) (Bruce Howe Hendricks, J.) 6:12-cv-02943; D.S.C. Holding: Because the Cayman Islands defendant-administrator was involved in drafting the private offering circular – which included provisions plaintiff alleges have been ...

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Gentry Technology of S.C., Inc. v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-052-15, 25 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 1:14-cv-02127; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff has shown that the Florida defendant has sufficient minimum contacts with South Carolina through the ...

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