· 4/22/1998
Tokyo Marine & Fire Insurance v. Perez & Cia.
Citations
- 142 F.3d 1
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that defendant’s participation in telephone conversation with in-forum person and subsequent mailing into forum, combined with participation in meeting in forum, were “insufficient to establish purposeful availment”
- holding that “insured defendants and their insurance companies are solidarily liable” under Puerto Rico law such that an extrajudicial letter issued to the insurer is effective against the insured
- noting that defendant s in-state contact must give birth to the cause of action
- to show specific jurisdiction there must be “a demonstrable nexus between a plaintiff’s claims and a defendant’s forum-based activities”
- to show specific jurisdiction there must be “a demonstrable nexus between a plaintiff’s claims and a defendant’s forum-based activities”
- “The prescriptive term is interrupted on the date on which the defendant receives the extrajudicial claim.”
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Judges: Torruella, Lynch, Diclerico
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