Kurowski Shultz Senior Associate, Kyler H. Stevens, Wins Personal Jurisdiction Motion for Four Clients in Asbestos Case
Kyler H. Stevens, Senior Associate of the St. Louis area law firm of Kurowski Shultz, recently obtained dismissal on behalf of multiple clients from an asbestos products liability suit in the Southern District of Illinois. The Court found Plaintiffs' claims lacked any connection to the defendants contacts with Illinois and as such ruled it lacked specific personal jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' claims against the defendants.
St. Louis, MO, March 21, 2016 (Newswire.com) - The Court cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s Daimler AG v. Bauman, stating “A district court sitting in Illinois must inquire whether the "defendant has certain minimum contact with [the State] such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend `traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.'" Daimler AG, 134 S.Ct. 746 (2014). The Court found it lacked general jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claims as the defendants principal places of business were outside Illinois and defendants affiliations with Illinois were “not "so continuous and systematic" as to render Defendants at home in Illinois.”