Legal Opinion
Barone v. Rich Bros. Interstate Display Fireworks Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1994No. 93-1833PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Bernard Barone was injured when a fireworks display he was helping to set up went awry. Barone and his employer, the Highland Country Club of Omaha, Nebraska, (collectively “Barone”) sued the distributor which had sold Highland the fireworks, Rich *611Bros. Interstate Display Fireworks Co. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two manufacturers of fireworks, one of which is Hosoya Fireworks Co. of Tokyo, Japan.1 Hosoya moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and the district court granted that motion. The district court refused to certify the question for…
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