McCarthy v. Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp.

ORDER

TIMOTHY C. BATTEN, SR., District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on Defendant Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.’s (“YMC”) motion to dismiss pursuant to *1321Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) [54],

I. Background

This is a products-liability action. Plaintiffs Peter and Maureen McCarthy are Australian citizens, and on April 5, 2010, Peter was injured while operating a Yamaha WaveRunner personal watercraft in Queensland, Australia. Peter suffered, among other things, severe injuries to his spinal cord.

YMC is a Japanese corporation with its principal place of business in Japan. The WaveRunner…