Wong
Wong v. Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Judy Wong and William Wong, No. 2:21-cv-01553-KJM-KJIN Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Las Vegas Sands Corp., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Judy and William Wong booked a room in a Nevada hotel from their home in California. During her stay, Mrs. Wong suffered severe injuries as the result of the hotel’s alleged negligence. They filed an action in this court. As explained in more detail below, this court lacks 20 personal jurisdiction because the defendants do not have the constitutionally mandatory minimum contacts with California. Their motion to dismiss is thus granted. 22 I. BACKGROUND The Wongs live in Placer County, California. Compl. J 2., ECF No. 1. In 2019, they were browsing Hotels.com, where they found a page about the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. See W. Wong Decl. {fj 7-8, ECF No. 16-1. After looking at the pictures and information about the hotel on that site, they…