Legal Opinion
Alers-Rodriguez v. National Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 9, 1997No. 96-2170PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant and third-party plaintiff Fullerton Tires Corp. (Fullerton) appeals from a district court order dismissing its third-party complaint against Custom Metal Spinning Corporation (CMSC) for want of in person-am jurisdiction. 1 Using the parlance of the trade, Fullerton is spinning its wheels.
This case had its genesis in or before 1989 when Ernesto Alers Rodriguez (Rodriguez), a resident of Puerto Rico, purchased two sand track tires from a Puerto Rican dealer who had seen the tires advertised in a pamphlet distributed by Fullerton and had ordered a supply of them.…
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