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Federal Court Rejects Jurisdiction Over French Manufacturer

By Sean Wajert on October 7, 2015
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

A federal court in Mississippi has rejected the assertion of personal jurisdiction over a French medical device company. See Arnoult v. CL Med. Sarl, …
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State Supreme Court Approves Exercise of Jursidiction – Again

By Sean Wajert on August 1, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

Regular readers of MassTortDefense know that one issue we try to keep an eye on is the exercise of personal jurisdiction over foreign product sellers …
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Another Federal Court Weighs In On Meaning of Nicastro

By Sean Wajert on January 13, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

We have tried to keep an eye out for lower court cases interpreting the Supreme Court decision in J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro, as the lower…
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Fifth Circuit Given Opportunity to Clarify Impact of Nicastro

By Sean Wajert on December 26, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

Another federal appeals court will have an opportunity to assess the reach of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicas…
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Appeals Court Rejects Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Manufacturer

By Sean Wajert on December 2, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

As we have noted for reader, lower courts continue to work to interpret and apply the Supreme Court’s decision in J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicast…
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Lower Courts Grapple With Meaning of Nicastro (Part II)

By Sean Wajert on November 14, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

Last post we talked about a federal district court attempting to apply the Supreme Court’s decision in J.McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro. This tim…
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Lower Courts Grapple With Nicastro Meaning

By Sean Wajert on November 11, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

We have posted before about the thorny and important issue of U.S. courts exercising personal jurisdiction over foreign product sellers. Earlier this …
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State Supreme Court Directed to Reconsider Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendant

By Sean Wajert on October 13, 2011
Posted in Articles

The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month instructed Oregon’s supreme court to reconsider the state court’s exercise of jurisdiction over a Taiwanese …
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Helicopter Crash Case

By Sean Wajert on August 8, 2011
Posted in Articles

The Ninth Circuit recently decided a products case that raised issues of the government contractor defense, and a seldom litigated federal Rule of Civ…
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Supreme Court Decides Two Personal Jurisdiction Cases

By Sean Wajert on June 29, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

At the end of the term, the Supreme Court decided two important personal jurisdiction cases, J.McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro, U.S., No. 09-1343,…
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