Nan Ya Plastics Corp. U.S.A. v. DeSantis

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• holding that personal jurisdiction over a Texas defendant was proper where an employment contract was formed in Virginia although the entire contract was to be performed in Texas
• finding personal jurisdiction where defendant reached into Virginia and the contract was formed in Virginia
• emphasizing in finding jurisdiction that contract formed upon plaintiffs receipt of letter in Virginia
• burden of proof to establish impossibility of performance of contract is on party who asserts it
• contract negotiations by telephone with Virginia plaintiff, written communications mailed to and contract formation in Virginia
• cited extensively by plaintiff and finding that jurisdiction was proper where the disputed contract was formed in Virginia, and because “Nan Ya aggressively reached into Virginia and recruited a Virginia resident”

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