Legal Opinion
Roy F. Etheridge v. Grove Manufacturing Company and Nixon MacHinery & Supply Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1969No. 19022PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this products liability personal injury action requires an interpretation of Kentucky’s long arm statute of 1946, K.R.S. § 271.610. The broader long arm statute of 1968, K.R.S. § 454.-210 was not in effect at the time the accident occurred, September 20, 1966, or when the complaint was filed on September 19, 1967.
Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. Kentucky law controls. The District Court dismissed the complaint and quashed service of process upon the defendants.
The subject of this litigation is a hydraulic crane equipped with an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Southern MacHine Company, Inc. v. Mohasco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Post v. American Cleaning Equipment CorporationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- The Kroger Company v. Harold Dornbos and Beverly Dornbos, Individually and D/B/A H. J. Dornbos and Bro., and Rooks Transfer Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- First Bank and Trust Company, of Princeton, Kentucky v. FeuquayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
3Cited by7 opinions
- Davis H. Elliot Co. Inc. v. Caribbean Utilities Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Joe Terry Poyner v. Erma Werke Gmbh and Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Bennet v. Cincinnati Checker Cab Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1973
- Thermothrift Industries, Inc. v. Mono-Therm Insulation Systems, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1978
- Wallace v. FrankDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1987
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