Yoder v. Yamaha International Corporation

HUYETT, District Judge.

Presently under consideration are Yamaha Motor Company Limited’s Motion to Dismiss and plaintiffs’ Motion for Authorization to Make Service.

Plaintiffs, Pennsylvania residents, allege that their son’s death was caused by the malfunctioning in Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1 of a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha Motor Company Limited (Yamaha Lim.) and distributed by Yamaha International Corporation (Yamaha Corp.). Plaintiffs instituted the action in the Superior Court of the State of California naming as defendants Yamaha Corp., a California corporation, and Yamaha Lim., a…