Where’s the line?

The issue of exercising personal jurisdiction over a defendant whose products cause injuries in a state other than its home state has been a question that has long made law students and lawyers wonder. A 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision has laid much of that issue to rest. Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eight Judicial District Court, 592 U.S., 141 S. Ct. 1017 (2021).The high court held that because Ford is …

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