Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:53:32.696997+00
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Pope, Chief Judge,
concurring specially.
In this case, a Florida corporation is suing an Illinois corporation and an individual Illinois resident for fraud and conversion. The alleged acts of fraud and conversion occurred in Illinois and caused injury in Florida. Georgia simply has no interest in this action, and the mere fact that the alleged tortious acts occurred in the context of a dispute about a contract relating to a project in Georgia does not pro*749vide such an interest. “Jurisdiction must be predicated on the existence of ties among the defendants, this state, and the litigation, so that the maintenance of the suit does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. Shaffer v. Heitner, 433 U. S. 186 [(97 SC 2569, 53 LE2d 683) (1977)].” Hart v. DeLowe Partners, Ltd., 147 Ga. App. 715, 717 (2C) (250 SE2d 169) (1978). As these ties do not exist here, I agree that the trial court did not err in dismissing plaintiff’s suit.
Decided July 1, 1994.
Jay M. Sawilowsky, for appellant.
Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, James W. Purcell, Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, George R. Hall, for appellees.
I am authorized to state that Judge Smith joins in this special concurrence.