Foreign Parent Company Not Subject to Personal Jurisdiction Based Solely on Actions of Subsidiary, and Expert Testimony Properly Excluded as Unreliable in Products-Liability Case
Posted on Oct 5, 2022 in Consumer Protection, Jurisdiction | Comments Off on Foreign Parent Company Not Subject to Personal Jurisdiction Based Solely on Actions of Subsidiary, and Expert Testimony Properly Excluded as Unreliable in Products-Liability Case
In the absence of facts supporting piercing the corporate veil or rendering affiliated companies alter egos, the actions of a subsidiary alone cannot subject a foreign parent company to personal jurisdiction in Florida, the Eleventh Circuit recently confirmed. The court’s decision in Knepfle v. J-Tech Corp., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 25781 (11th Cir. Sept. 14, 2022), also reviewed the...
Court Confirms That Same Personal-Jurisdiction Standards Apply Under Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
Posted on Aug 22, 2022 in Jurisdiction | Comments Off on Court Confirms That Same Personal-Jurisdiction Standards Apply Under Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
In Herederos de Roberto Gomez Cabrera, LLC v. Teck Resources Ltd., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 22473 (11th Cir. Aug. 12, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit held that the “minimum contacts” analysis applied to determine the existence of personal jurisdiction under the Fourteenth Amendment also applies when jurisdiction is asserted under the Fifth Amendment. The case involved a claim by a Florida LLC...
Eleventh Circuit Upholds “Floating” Forum Selection Clause
Posted on Aug 19, 2022 in Civil Procedure | Comments Off on Eleventh Circuit Upholds “Floating” Forum Selection Clause
In AFC Franchising, LLC v. Purugganan, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 22323 (11th Cir. Aug. 11, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit held that an individual consented to personal jurisdiction and venue by agreeing to a “floating” forum selection clause. Danilo Purugganan entered into a “Master Developer Agreement” with Doctors Express Franchising in 2009. The parties agreed that the contract would be...
Get Back to Where You Once Belonged? Court Affirms Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and in Light of Forum Selection Clause
Posted on Jul 13, 2021 in Jurisdiction | Comments Off on Get Back to Where You Once Belonged? Court Affirms Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and in Light of Forum Selection Clause
In Don’t Look Media LLC v. Fly Victor Ltd., 999 F.3d 1284 (11th Cir. June 4, 2021), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of RICO and state-law claims against an English company and its directors and officers for lack of personal jurisdiction and in light of the forum selection clause included in the parties’ contract. Don’t Look Media (a Delaware LLC based in Florida) licensed...
Derivative Jurisdiction Doctrine Does Not Apply to Personal Jurisdiction
Posted on Mar 2, 2021 in Civil Procedure | Comments Off on Derivative Jurisdiction Doctrine Does Not Apply to Personal Jurisdiction
In the category of legal doctrines that have outlived whatever usefulness that they once had falls the doctrine of “derivative jurisdiction”—that a federal district court must dismiss a removed case if the state court from which it was removed lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. The doctrine was repealed by statute for cases removed under the general removal provision, 28 U.S.C. §...