Packaging Store Inc. v. Leung

In this action for payment of certain fees allegedly owing under a franchise agreement, plaintiff, The Packaging Store, Inc., appeals from the trial court's dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant, Cynthia Kwan Leung. We reverse and remand with directions. Plaintiff, a Colorado corporation, and defendant, a California resident, executed a franchise agreement in California for a franchise operation to be located in that state. Thereafter, plaintiff brought this action against defendant in the trial court for alleged breach of the agreement. Plaintiff served the complaint on the company designated in the franchise agreement as defendant's agent for service of process in Colorado.