CIVIL PROCEDURE — JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
07-2-0368 C&K Auto Imports, Inc. v. Daimler, AG, App. Div. (per curiam) (12 pp.) The Appellate Division granted defendant Garff Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a/ Ken Garff Imports (Garff) leave to appeal from an order that denied its motion to dismiss this action against it on jurisdictional grounds. This action relates to a vehicle sold by Garff, a franchise dealer for Mercedes Benz. The complaint asserts claims of negligence and unjust enrichment against Garff. It is undisputed that Garff is a franchise dealer for Mercedes-Benz, that its business is in Utah, and that it took no "targeted" action to send the vehicle to New Jersey or to participate in any commercial transaction conducted here. Garff's association with parties who did take such targeted action is insufficient to provide a basis for the exercise of jurisdiction. The appellate panel therefore reverses.
