Legal Opinion
Beaty v. M. S. Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1968No. Nos. 12176, 12177PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
The question to be decided in this diversity action brought by two injured Maryland iron workers is whether a federal district court, sitting in Maryland, may in the circumstances of this case entertain in personam jurisdiction over the defendant, an Alabama steel manufacturer. The District Court dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and we affirm on that basis.
Plaintiffs, who were injured while working on bar joists at the Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland, allege that their injuries resulted from defects in the joists, which had been negligently…
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