Bailey
Bailey v. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SUSAN BAILEY, et al., Case No. 19-cv-05325-VC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
WYNDHAM VACATION OWNERSHIP, Re: Dkt. No. 8 INC., et al., Defendants.
1. In this case, 42 plaintiffs bring claims arising from purchases of timeshares across the country. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Wyndham Destination Network, and RCI have moved to dismiss most of the claims for lack of personal jurisdiction. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2). The plaintiffs ground the defendants’ amenability to suit in California on both general and specific personal jurisdiction. This Court has personal jurisdiction over the defendants to the extent that a California state court would. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)(1)(A). General jurisdiction permits a court to hear any and all claims against a defendant, regardless of the connection of the claims to the forum state. Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915, 919 (2011). A corporation is typically subject to general jurisdiction only in its state of incorporation and the state of its principal place of business. Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S.…