Fact Pattern 2-1 Yoshi, a Japanese Citizen Working in Atlanta for His Tokyo

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Fact Pattern 2-1
Yoshi, a Japanese citizen working in Atlanta for his Tokyo firm, decided to rent an airplane and fly himself to the Annual Catfish and Zydeco festival in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He rented a small plane to fly there. Over Alabama, thunderstorms formed. Because Yoshi was not trained to fly by instruments, he decided to land at the next airport.
As he searched for a runway, Yoshi heard a loud clank followed by silence as the engine died. He tried to land in a field but crashed. While recovering in a rehabilitation center in California, Yoshi filed suit there against the Atlanta Airport and the owners of the airplane, alleging that they were negligent in their maintenance.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 2-1. If Yoshi wants to obtain jurisdiction over the owner of the airplane he may:

• A) send California police to Atlanta to serve the summons
• B) serve the owner with a summons while the owner is bar hopping in Los Angeles
• C) serve the owner with a summons while the owner is on a business trip to Oregon
• D) serve the owner with a summons while the owner is in a Delta jet flying over California on his way to Hawaii
• E) not serve the owner because he is a Georgia resident

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