Marc Grano, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Barron, et al. v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., dba Las Palmas Medical Center
DueProcess
Whether specific personal jurisdiction in a forum state over a nonresident hospital and healthcare system is permissible
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether specific personal jurisdiction in a forum state over a nonresident hospital and healthcare system is permissible where: (1) the hospital system operates a brick-and-mortar referral clinic in the forum, (2) the brick-and-mortar clinic refers patients to the hospital system’s state of residence, (3) the defendant hospital lies two miles from the forum state, (4) the hospital system provides regular medical care to residents of the forum, (5) the hospital system elicits business through advertisements to, referrals of, and _ transfer agreements from residents of the forum, (6) the decedent patient was a resident of the forum, and (7) the patient died in the forum state, where he resided?