Mealey's (February 12, 2019, 10:38 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A German manufacturer is subject to Massachusetts jurisdiction due to the business activities it conducted in the state, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 30, reversing a lower court ruling in a negligence suit brought by a worker whose hand was crushed by a metal-bending machine made by the company (Stephen D. Knox, et al. v. MetalForming Inc., et al., Nos. 18-1550 and 18-1551, 1st Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 3078)....