A Philadelphia judge has ruled that Pennsylvania has specific personal jurisdiction over a Philadelphia law firm’s $218,000 legal-fee collection lawsuit against clients based in Delaware.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Patricia A. McInerney, one of the judges sitting in the commerce program for business litigation, overruled the preliminary objections of the Delaware-based defendants that Pennsylvania could not assert in personam jurisdiction over them after they sought legal counsel in Pennsylvania about legal representation in Delaware against another former attorney.
