Shurwest Product Connection, LLC v. Premium Producers Group LLC [1]

ShurWest Product Connection dba The Annexus Group, a distributor of insurance products, filed a defamation lawsuit against Premium Producers Group, Mitchell Maynard, and Dorice Maynard over, among other things, a review [2] they published on their blog, Index Annuity & EIA Software Forum [3], criticizing the plaintiff's Balance Plus Annuity. The complaint [4] asserts claims for product disparagement, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, negligence, and defamation.

On  March 17, 2007, defendants' filed a motion to dismiss [5] arguing, inter alia, that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over them.  On September 25, 2007, the court denied [6] the motion to dismiss.