Park Miller, LLC v. Durham Group, Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PARK MILLER, LLC, et al., Case No. 19-cv-04185-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL

JURISDICTION AND FOR FAILURE

DURHAM GROUP, LTD., et al., TO STATE A CLAIM Defendants. Re: Dkt. No.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Park Miller LLC (“Miller”), a wealth advisory firm, advised its clients to invest in defendant Durham Group, Ltd. (“DGL”). Multiple promissory notes were executed between those clients and DGL. In November 2018, DGL defaulted on the promissory notes, for which the plaintiff clients (“the contracting plaintiffs”) bring breach of contract claims. The plaintiffs name DGL, Craig McGrain, the President and owner of DGL, and other allegedly related corporations owned by McGrain (Durham Commercial Capital Corp. (“DCC”), First Austin Funding Corp. (“First Austin”), and Maasai Holdings LLC (“Maasai Holdings”)) as defendants that engaged in fraud by…