Mary Ainsworth v. Cargotec USA, Incorporated

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• holding poultry forklift manufacturer had sufficient contacts with Mississippi because Mississippi was fourth-largest poultry-producing state in the country and manufacturer did not limit its marketer’s territory
• holding the stream-of-commerce threshold is reasonable expectation rather than specific knowledge or control
• explaining that “mere foreseeability or awareness” is sufficient for personal jurisdiction only if the defendant’s contacts are not “random, fortuitous, or attenuated, or [the result] of the unilateral activity of another party or third person”
• upholding the exercise of jurisdiction over a manufacturer even though the manufacturer employed a nationwide distributor
• upholding the exercise of jurisdiction based on substantial in-forum sales, even though the defendant's forum sales represented only 1.55% of its nationwide sales during the relevant period
• upholding the exercise of jurisdiction over a manufacturer even though the manufacturer employed a nationwide distributor

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