Legal Opinion
Smith v. York Food MacHinery Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 1972No. 42412PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStafford, J.
The trial court denied petitioners’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. They seek re view by writ of certiorari, contending that the court exceeded its jurisdiction.
Charles Smith was employed by Lamb-Weston Company, Inc., in Connell, Washington. He was injured April 9, 1970, while cleaning a food processing machine. A label affixed to the machine revealed that it had been “Manufactured for York Food Machinery Company, by John C. Motter, Printing Press Company, Columbia, Pennsylvania.” In 1960, York, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motter, sold the machine to Seabrook Farms…
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