Legal Opinion
Pamela J. Jennings, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James R. Jennings v. Ac Hydraulic A/s
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 2004No. 03-2157PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
As James Jennings was working under a forklift that was hoisted by a floor jack, the jack allegedly failed and the forklift fell on Jennings and crushed him. Jennings died as a result of this accident, and his widow sued the manufacturer of the jack, AC Hydraulic A/S, in Indiana state court. 1 AC Hydraulic removed the suit to federal court on diversity grounds and later moved for dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction. The district court granted the dismissal, and we affirm because Jennings did not demonstrate that AC Hydraulic had sufficient contacts…
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