Jones lived in California. She met Williams, a therapist who lived in New Mexico. For four years, Williams provided Jones weekly psychotherapy and dream counseling by telephone from New Mexico. Several times, Williams went to California to provide treatment for Jones there at her request.
Williams' wife, Ritzman, provided Jones weekly Shamanic counseling over the phone.
Jones then sued Williams and Ritzman in federal court in California for medical malpractice.
Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Did Williams or Ritzman have sufficient contacts in California to be subject to jurisdiction? [Jones v. Williams, 660 F.Supp.2d 1145 (N.D. Calif., 2009)]