Legal Opinion

Powell v. I-Flow Corp.

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided July 14, 2010No. Case 10-CV-1984 (PJS/FLN)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TRANSFER ORDER

PATRICK J. SCHILTZ, District Judge.

This case is one of thousands of product-liability actions filed in recent years in the District of Minnesota by plaintiffs who have no connection to Minnesota against defendants who have no connection to Minnesota regarding events that did not occur in Minnesota and that had no impact within Minnesota. 1 The vast majority of these actions have been filed in this District because, if they were filed by the plaintiffs in their home states (or almost anywhere else), they would be dismissed under the applicable statutes of limitations. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Ferens v. John Deere Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
Terra International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Mississippi Chemical Corporation, a Mississippi CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
In Re Apple, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
Eggleton v. Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft, MBHCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
CBS Interactive Inc. v. National Football League Players Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2009

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Gurman v. Metro Housing & Redevelopment AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2011