Respondents, Amici Tell Top Court Ford’s In-State Conduct Permits Jurisdiction

Mealey's (April 6, 2020, 2:39 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ford Motor Co. spent years cultivating relationships and sales in the very states where two individuals were injured, and decades of precedent support the Supreme Court finding that the state courts enjoy jurisdiction over the resulting lawsuits, respondents and their various amici told the court on April 2 and April 3.  The court on April 3 postponed oral arguments as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic (Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al., Nos. 19-368, 19-369, U.S. Sup.)....