Innovative Clinical & Consulting Svcs. v. First Nat. Bank

In Innovative Clinical & Consulting Svcs. v. First Nat. Bank, 279 Ga. 672, 675 (620 SE2d 352) (2005) our Supreme Court substantially changed the way long arm jurisdiction was viewed in Georgia. The court held that OCGA 9-10-91 (1) granted Georgia courts the unlimited authority to exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident who transacts any business in this State "to the maximum extent allowed by procedural due process." Id. The Court noted that "nothing in subsection (1) requires the physical presence of the nonresident in Georgia or minimizes the import of a nonresident's intangible contacts with the State." Id.