LaNUOVA D & B, SpA v. Bowe Co., Inc.

WALSH, Justice:

This is an interlocutory appeal from a decision of the Superior Court which determined that the appellants, LaNuova D & B, S.p.A. (“LaNuova”), a manufacturer of building materials and its wholly owned subsidiary, Dibiten, S.p.A., were subject to in personam jurisdiction under the Delaware Long Arm Statute (10 Del.C. § 3104). We granted review of the interlocutory ruling because of the need to determine finally LaNuova’s status as a defendant in this multi-party litigation. LaN-uova contends that, as a matter of law, its activities do not bring it within the ambit of the…