Amicus Briefs

Brief of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and American Association for Justice as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs and Reversal

Issues: (1) Whether there is personal jurisdiction in Massachusetts over the successor in interest to an out-of-State car manufacturer with respect to the plaintiffs’ product liability claims, where the allegedly defective vehicle was initially leased and sold at a Massachusetts dealership, but where the alleged injury occurred in New Hampshire, involving a New Hampshire resident; and (2) Whether the plaintiffs are entitled to jurisdictional discovery to the extent that they have failed to establish specific personal jurisdiction

Full Citation: Brief of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and American Association for Justice as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs and Reversal, Doucet v. FCA US, LLC, No. SJC-1333 (Mass. Jan. 18, 2023)

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