What starts out as a vacation sometimes ends up as a lawsuit between guest and hotel or other commercial host. People slip and fall, and staff and other guests sometimes cause injury. Injured parties often sue in their home states. As a result, many of these cases involve disputes over personal jurisdiction. This article discusses the personal jurisdiction doctrine in these types of cases.
Personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants can be classified as either specific or general. The difference turns on whether plaintiff's claim is deemed to arise out of defendant's contacts with the forum: with specific jurisdiction it does, with general jurisdiction it does not.1 Because specific jurisdiction requires less extensive contacts, parties often argue over classification.
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