Legal Opinion
Bandemer v. Ford Motor Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 31, 2019No. A17-1182PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MCKEIG, Justice.
Appellant Ford Motor Company (Ford) appeals from a court of appeals decision affirming a district court's exercise of specific personal jurisdiction over Ford in a products liability case. Central to the litigation is a Ford vehicle that was involved in a car crash in which the passenger was seriously injured and an airbag in the vehicle allegedly failed to deploy. Ford argues that its contacts with Minnesota were not sufficiently connected to the current litigation because the car at issue was designed, manufactured, and sold outside of Minnesota. Because the claims here…
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