Megan, a resident of Ohio, runs a red light in Texas and hits Sarah, a Texas resident. Sarah files suit against Megan. The statute that allows the Texas court to exercise jurisdiction over Megan is called a (n)

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15 March, 22:35

Megan, a resident of Ohio, runs a red light in Texas and hits Sarah, a Texas resident. Sarah files suit against Megan. The statute that allows the Texas court to exercise jurisdiction over Megan is called a (n)

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Mike Baxter · Answer 1

Answer:A long-arm statute

Explanation:A long-arm statute is a statute which gives permission to a court to have personal jurisdiction over a defendant that comes from another state based on particular acts they have committed as long as the defendant has some connection with the state. Meghan ran a red light in Texas and as a result hit a Texas resident that a connection she has with Texas.

Deven Willis · Answer 2

Long-arm statute

Explanation:

A long-arm statute is considered to be a statute which permits or gives a court the jurisdiction over a defendant from another state because of some form of acts that the defendant from another state committed, provided there is adequate and substantial connection between the defendant and the state. In this case for Megan to be in Texas at that time, this means that there is a connection between Megan and Texas, and hence the court in Texas are allowed to exercise jurisdiction permitted by the Long-arm statute.