Seng Co. v. Burke

The Seng Company and its liability insurer, third-party defendants, appeal an order denying their motion to dismiss the third party complaint for indemnity for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Plaintiff Edmund Burke was injured when he fell backwards out of an office chair which was manufactured by defendant Inter Royal Corporation. He filed a suit for damages against Inter Royal and alleged in his complaint that the tilt control mechanism was faulty causing him to fall to the floor when the chair tilted backwards. Thereafter Inter Royal filed a third party complaint against The Seng Company and…