Legal Opinion
Felipe Ruiz v. Blentech Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 1996No. 95-1446PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Felipe Ruiz’s case turns on a rather mystifying choice-of-law problem. Ruiz, a citizen of Illinois, suffered an injury in his home state from an allegedly defective product manufactured in California by a California corporation. The manufacturer has dissolved, but another California corporation has followed in its footsteps by purchasing its principal assets and continuing its business. Ruiz seeks to make the successor corporation answer for his tort claims against the manufacturer. Illinois and California have different rules for determining when one corporation is…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.California Supreme Court · 1944
- Ray v. Alad Corp.California Supreme Court · 1977
- Ingersoll v. KleinIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1976
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