Judge: Defunct Company’s Litigation Efforts Don’t Provide Minnesota Jurisdiction

(October 13, 2017, 12:09 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A company existing for the last 30 years merely to litigate asbestos claims lacks the type of contacts in a state necessary to overcome diversity removal or to create jurisdiction in the state, a federal judge in Minnesota held Oct. 10 (Michael P. McGill, et al. v. Conwed Corp., No. 17-01047, D. Minn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167165)....

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