Legal Opinion
Heins v. Wilhelm Loh Wetzlar Optical Machinery GmbH & Co. KG.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 11, 1988No. 87-193PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court, pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 54(b), 365 Mass. 821 (1974), dismissing his action for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant. See Mass.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), 365 Mass. 755 (1974).
The defendant is a West German corporation which designed and manufactured an optical lens grinding machine purchased by the plaintiff’s employer, a Massachusetts corporation. The plaintiff, on theories of negligent design and manufacture and breach of warranty, sought damages for injuries sustained by him while setting up the machine in…
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