The Cincinnati Insurance Company v. Samsung SDI Company LTD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION THE CINCINATTI INSURANCE ) COMPANY, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No.: 5:17-cv-1688-LCB ) SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY LTD, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Today the Court must decide whether it can exercise jurisdiction over Simplo Technology Co., Ltd. (“Simplo”), a foreign manufacturer of component parts, for placing into the stream of commerce a defective part that caused an injury in the State of Alabama. For the following reasons, the Court finds that it cannot. I. Introduction This…