Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Against Taiwanese Insurers For Lack Of Jurisdiction

(September 13, 2019, 1:26 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 12 affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of an insurer’s lawsuit seeking indemnification for two Taiwanese insurers for a products-liability settlement paid on behalf of a bicycle manufacturer insured, finding that the plaintiff did not establish that the defendants have sufficient minimum contacts with Wisconsin and, therefore, exercising jurisdiction over the defendants would violate due process (Lexington Insurance Company v. Hotai Insurance Company, Ltd., et al., No. 18-1141, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27483)....

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