Felland v. Clifton

In action filed in Wisconsin alleging intentional misrepresentation by defendant-Arizona resident arising out of defendant’s failure to build condominium unit in Mexico by certain time as promised by defendant, Dist. Ct. erred in finding that it lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant even though contract for sale of condominium was signed in Mexico. Record showed that defendant generated several emails, phone calls and letters to plaintiff in Wisconsin for purposes of encouraging plaintiff to pay additional installments on condominium as part of alleged scheme to deceive plaintiff, and that said contacts were sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction on instant claim. Ct. noted that result might have been different had plaintiff asserted breach of contract action where all relevant acts pertaining to generation of contract took place outside of Wisconsin.