Case:
Powers v. Sig Sauer, Inc., et al.
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Result:
Dismissal
Summary:
Tampa Partner Anthony Petrillo, Esq., and Tampa Associate Matthew Moschell, Esq., successfully argued a motion to dismiss our overseas client for lack of personal jurisdiction in a products liability action styled Powers v. Sig Sauer, Inc., et al. The case arose when the plaintiff sustained personal injuries after his firearm allegedly misfired. The plaintiff then filed suit against our clients, a large multi-national corporation and its German-based holding company. We immediately moved to dismiss the German-based holding company for lack of personal jurisdiction. In response to our motion, the plaintiff alleged that the German-based holding company could be sued in Florida state court because it conducted substantial and continuous business within the state. Specifically, the plaintiff cited to several hundreds of pages of our clients’ internal corporate filings in an effort to show that that the German-based holding company maintained constant and pervasive ties with their US operations. However, through our own investigation efforts and legal research, we were able to refute the plaintiff’s jurisdictional claims and agency theory. Following a two-day hearing, the court granted our motion and dismissed our German-based client, finding that it had no personal jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff’s claim. Read more
