Columbia Casualty Co. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Tom, J.
On this appeal, we are called upon to reconsider our holding in Rokeby-Johnson v Kentucky Agric. Energy Corp. (108 AD2d 336) in light of subsequent Federal and State court decisions which have called into question Rokeby-Johnson’s ruling that a provision commonly used in insurance policies constituted a mandatory "forum selection clause” in favor of the insured rather then a permissive "service of suit clause.”
This action involves the thousands of products liability claims relating to silicone gel breast implants brought against defendants-respondents Bristol-Myers…
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