A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the a local nursing home cannot exert long-arm personal jurisdiction over a California man whose mother is a resident in the nursing home and who fell behind in paying her bills because of a dispute with federal Medicaid officials.

The Appellate Division in a published decision said the son’s connections with New Jersey were so tenuous that it would be unfair and unjust to force him to come across country to defend the action.

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