Alaska Supreme Court

Paulette Harper, Appellant v. Biolife Energy Systems, Inc., and Linkup Media Group of Companies, Inc., Appellees.

September 14, 2018426 P.3d 1067

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court's dismissal of Harper's lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction over BioLife Energy Systems and Linkup Media Group. The court held that neither general nor specific jurisdiction existed in Alaska, and that the denial of jurisdictional discovery was not an abuse of discretion.