Legal Opinion
Cossart v. United Excel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 30, 2015No. 14-2144PPublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a question about the limits of personal jurisdiction. The issue arises in connection with a lawsuit brought in Massachusetts concerning an alleged breach of an employment contract. The contract contemplated that the employee would work from Massachusetts for a Kansas company, which then facilitated the employee’s work from Massachusetts by, among other things, providing him with equipment and officially registering a sales office with the Commonwealth. The employee sued after the company failed to pay him a commission that he alleges he was due. Under…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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