Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Colemon

In Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Colemon. 290 Ga. App. 86 (658 SE2d 843) (2008), the Court relied on these factors in affirming the denial of the defendant's motion to dismiss. In that case, the plaintiff's decedent was killed while driving a Mitsubishi in Honduras, and the plaintiff brought a wrongful death action against Mitsubishi Motors Corporation ("Mitsubishi"), a Japanese corporation, in Georgia.Id. at 86. In its pleadings, Mitsubishi admitted that it designs and manufactures vehicles for use in Georgia; that it uses its wholly-owned subsidiary to distribute its vehicles here; and that the wholly-owned subsidiary has a registered agent for service of process in Georgia. Id. at 87 (1). The Court concluded that Mitsubishi regularly transacted business in Georgia by distributing its vehicles here through the subsidiary, and this was "precisely the kind of continuous and systematic business contact that justifies the exercise of general jurisdiction." Id. at 89 (1).