Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Mar 30, 2021
James P. Bick, Appellant, v. Legacy Building Maintenance Company LLC and William Rostad, Defendants, and Luis Zambrana, Respondent.
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.