In Personam Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Manufacturers in Product Liability Actions
Cummins, Harry B.
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- 1979Connelly v. Uniroyal, Inc. Ill.
- 1977Huey v. Elmer Bates, Murphy & Wilson Equipment, Inc. Vt.
- 1972Roy v. Transairco, Inc. N.H.
- 1970International Harvester Co. v. Hendrickson Mfg. Co. Ark.
- 1966Roland v. Modell's Shoppers World of Bergen County, Inc. N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.
- 1966Cecere v. Ohringer Home Furniture Co. Pa. Super. Ct.
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Abstract
A wide divergence of opinion exists regarding the wisdom as well as the constitutionality of extensive jurisdiction through the use of liberally drafted and construed "long-arm" statutes. Hesitance may result from a fear of burdening a defendant with the inconvenience and expense of a foreign suit brought against him solely for the purpose of harassment. While this comment does not advocate the extent to which a court should assert the jurisdictional powers conferred on it by a given "long-arm" provision, it examines the scope of jurisdiction constitutionally permissible over nonresident manufacturers in product liability cases with a view toward formulating administrable standards that a court may utilize to reconcile the varieties of commercial activity with the now-frequently-frustrated legislative goal of providing injured plaintiffs with a convenient forum.