Legal Opinion
Iron Workers Local Union No. 17 Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided September 14, 1998No. 1:97-CV-1422PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GWIN, District Judge.
In this tobacco litigation brought by several union health funds, Defendant Tobacco Institute filed a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) for lack of personal jurisdiction [Doc. 53]. 1 On March 9, 1998, Defendants BAT Industries PLC, and RJR Nabisco Holdings and RJR Nabisco, Inc. also filed Rule 12(b)(2) motions in the above-captioned case [Docs. 60, 61, 62],
In ruling on these motions, the Court decides if it has personal jurisdiction over certain domestic corporations having few contacts with Ohio, the forum state. As plaintiffs have stated…
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