{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"james-p-bick","displayName":"James P. Bick","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed108992:2021-03-30","opinionId":"dd66b68c-f364-5bd5-93de-8bf588b57fd9","slug":"james-p-bick-appellant-v-legacy-building-maintenance-company-llc-and-will-108992","caseName":"James P. Bick, Appellant, v. Legacy Building Maintenance Company LLC and William Rostad, Defendants, and Luis Zambrana, Respondent.","caseNumber":"ED108992","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2021-03-30","year":2021,"display_summary":"James P. Bick appealed the dismissal of his petition against Luis Zambrana for lack of personal jurisdiction. Bick's law firm had contracted with Legacy Building Maintenance Company, LLC, where Zambrana served as president, and sought to pierce the corporate veil to hold Zambrana personally liable for an unpaid balance. The appellate court reversed the trial court's dismissal, holding that Bick sufficiently pleaded that Zambrana transacted business and committed a tort in Missouri, thereby satisfying the state's long-arm statute and due process requirements for minimum contacts.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","other","contracts"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=175881","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/james-p-bick-appellant-v-legacy-building-maintenance-company-llc-and-will-108992","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: corporate","topic: contracts","text: llc","text: business"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: maintenance"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/family"}],"role":"appellant"}]}