Proctor & Schwartz, Inc. And Scm Corporation v. C. F. Rollins

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

By permission of this court, Proctor & Schwartz, Inc. and SCM Corporation prosecute this interlocutory § 1292(b) appeal of the denial of their motions to dismiss. Among the grounds asserted for reversal, they argue that South Carolina’s “door-closing” statute, S.C.Code § 15-5-150, deprived the district court of jurisdiction. We agree.

In 1972, Rollins was injured in an accident involving a machine manufactured by Proctor & Schwartz. Rollins resides in, was injured in, and recovered workmen’s compensation in Georgia. The allegedly defective machine was manufactured in…