Legal Opinion
Benn v. Linden Crane Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 30, 1971No. Civ. A. 70-542PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
VANARTSDALEN, District Judge.
Defendant, Linden-Alimak, is a non-registered, foreign country corporation with its principal place of business in Sweden. Plaintiff, Clifford Benn, a Pennsylvania resident, instituted this suit because of an accident that happened in Pennsylvania wherein he alleges his injury resulted from a malfunction of a crane manufactured by Linden-Alimak.
Linden-Alimak has moved to dismiss this action and quash service of the summons and complaint on the ground that it is neither present nor doing busi ness in Pennsylvania and, thus, this Court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Webb v. ZernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Kilian v. Allegheny County DistributorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd. v. Clarence A. HollingsworthCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Wenzel v. Morris Distributing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Max Daetwyler Corp., a New York Corporation v. R. Meyer, a West German Corporation. Appeal of Rolf MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Gene M. Oswalt Et Vir v. Scripto, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Tokai-Seiki Kk, a Japanese Corporation, Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Droukas v. Divers Training Academy, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Proctor & Schwartz, Inc. v. Cleveland Lumber Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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