Preferred Capital v. Ferris Bros

Full title: PREFERRED CAPITAL, INC., APPELLEE, v. FERRIS BROS., INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Feb 21, 2007

861 N.E.2d 139 (Ohio 2007)

112 Ohio St. 3d 503

2007 Ohio 516

Opinion

No. 2006-0034.

Submitted January 24, 2007.

Decided February 21, 2007.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Summit County, Nos. 22581, 22604, 22605, 22606, 22607, 22608, 22609, 22610, 22611, 22612, 22613, 22614, 22615, 22616, 22617, 22618, and 22619, 2005-Ohio-6221.

Roderick Linton, L.L.P., Tamara A. O'Brien, and Jason E. Hickman, for appellee.

Roetzel Andress, Bradley A. Wright, and Jerome G. Wyss, for appellants Composition One, Inc., Integrated Employment and Community Enterprises, Pacific Fasteners, Inc., Sailing Associates, Inc., and Summerlin, Inc.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Power Engineering Group, Inc., 112 Ohio St.3d 429, 2007-Ohio-257, 860 N.E.2d 741, and the cause is remanded to the trial court with instructions to enter an order of dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction.

MOYER, C.J., PFEIFER, O'CONNOR and O'DONNELL, JJ., concur.

LUNDBERG STRATTON and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent.

CUPP, J., not participating.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.Page 504

{¶ 2} I respectfully dissent based on the reasoning set forth in my dissenting opinion in Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Power Engineering Group, Inc., 112 Ohio St.3d 429, 2007-Ohio-257, 860 N.E.2d 741.