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On Thursday afternoon, Judge Stephen Stobbs presided over opening statements in a trial in Madison County, Illinois, that could result in the first jury award for a plaintiff in an asbestos-related case since 2003.
On September 10, 2018, Judge Charles Butler of the Delaware Superior Court held that the Court did not have personal jurisdiction over nonresident plaintiffs in talc cases.
Recently, in Roberts v. Crabtree RV Ctr., Inc., the Court (Calmer, J.) granted the defendant Crabtree RV Center Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss the plaintiff’s Complaint on the ground that the Court lacked personal jurisdiction. Superior Court, judicial district of New London, Docket No. CV-17-6030768-S, 2018 Conn. Super. LEXIS 989 (May 17, 2018).
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has unanimously held that foreign companies registered to do business in Pennsylvania have consented to general personal jurisdiction.
A long raging battle in the Connecticut Superior Court is the proper procedure for “authenticating” deposition excerpts filed in support or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment.
Online content has the ability to spread like wildfire. Social media and blog postings can go viral moments after being posted, often by publishers who had no idea of the impact it would have upon being posted.
In a previous article, we examined the prerequisites for a Court to exercise in personam jurisdiction over a Defendant. Equally important for defense counsel is to determine whether the case can be removed to federal court.
Please join me at Perrin Conferences' National Asbestos Litigation Conference on October 1-3, 2018 at The Fairmont San Francisco Hotel. I will be speaking on a panel titled Jurisdictional Update - Overview of the Most Active and Emerging Jurisdictions.
It is fair to assume that most attorneys will miss at least one filing deadline at some point during their career. When this happens, the million dollar question becomes whether the Court will accept the filing past the deadline.
New York’s First AD Decision issued today
Jury Trial Involving Career Insulator Begins In Madison County, Illinois
Delaware Superior Court holds the Court does not have personal jurisdiction over out-of-state residents in talc cases
Can a Foreign Corporation Be Sued in Connecticut by Merely Having a Website and Internet Presence Accessible by Connecticut Customers?
Pennsylvania Superior Court holds that foreign companies registered to do business in Pennsylvania are subject to the courts’ general jurisdiction
Authentication of Deposition Excerpts in Motions for Summary Judgment
You Don’t Have to Be a Celebrity to Be Sued Like One: Liability for Social Media and Blogging Content
The Basics of Federal Court Removal
Kerryann Cook to Speak at Perrin Conferences’ National Asbestos Litigation Conference
“Well, Mistakes Happen”: Meadowbrook Center, Inc. v. Robert Buchman and the “Excusable Neglect” Standard