Bailiff v. Manville Forest Products Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of defendant Sachtleben Chemie GmbH (Sachtleben) to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiffs John T. Bailiff and wife, Mary Ellen Bailiff, have made no response to the motion, which was filed February 21, 1990. Upon the motion and accompanying uncon-troverted attachments submitted by Sachtleben, the court concludes that the motion to dismiss is well taken and should be granted.

Plaintiffs, Tennessee residents, brought…