Legal Opinion
HILL BY HILL v. Showa Denko, KK
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1992No. 20904PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROTHERTON, Justice:
This case involves the appeal of Sylvia and Donald Hill from the June 18, 1991, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County in which Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) was dismissed from a lawsuit filed by the Hills against SDK and several other parties. In that order, Judge Hey found that West Virginia could not exercise personal jurisdiction over SDK.
On December 22, 1988, Sylvia Hill became ill while taking a drug L-tryptophan for a sleep disorder, on the advice of her physician. It was eventually discovered that she had developed a rare blood disorder, Eosinophilia-Myalgia…
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