Progress Printing Company, Inc. v. Reliable Printing & Graphic Design, Inc.

Progress Printing Company, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Sevier County, Tennessee (“Trial Court”) seeking to domesticate a foreign judgment obtained in Virginia against Reliable Printing & Graphic Design, Inc. (“Defendant”). Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the petition claiming, in part, that the Virginia court lacked personal jurisdiction over Defendant and, therefore, the Virginia judgment is void. The Trial Court entered an order on June 7, 2007, inter alia, denying Defendant’s motion to dismiss the petition, and granting Plaintiff’s petition to domesticate the Virginia judgment. Defendant appeals to this Court. We affirm the denial of the motion to dismiss the petition, vacate that portion of the Trial Court’s order granting Plaintiff’s petition to domesticate the Virginia judgment, and remand to the Trial Court for further proceedings.