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Modification: Daimler Trucks North America LLC v. Superior Court (Hu)

Ruling by

Laurence D. Rubin

Lower Court

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Curtis A. Kin

Defendant's systematic business activities in California were sufficient to support a finding of specific jurisdiction even though the cause of action did not arise out of defendant's in-state conduct.





Court

California Courts of Appeal 2DCA/5

Cite as

2022 DJDAR 7872

Published

Jul. 26, 2022

Filing Date

Jul. 22, 2022

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Petition Denied

Oral Argument

May 3, 2022


DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC,

Petitioner,

v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY,

Respondent;

YONGQUAN HU et al.,

Real Parties in Interest.

 

No. B316199

(Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. 21STCV07830)

California Court of Appeal

Second Appellate District

Division Five

Filed July 22, 2022

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION

 

[There is no change in judgment]

 

 

BY THE COURT:

 

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on July 7, 2022, is modified as follows:

 

On page 10, second paragraph, delete the sentence that reads

 

As with the present case, the "vehicles were designed and manufactured elsewhere, and the company had originally sold the cars at issue outside the forum States. Only later resales and relocations by consumers had brought the vehicles to Montana and Minnesota [the forum states]." (Ford, supra, 141 S.Ct. at p. 1020.)

 

and replace with:

 

As with the present case, the vehicles at issue had been designed, manufactured, and originally sold outside the forum states. Resales and customer relocations had brought the vehicles to the forum states. (Ford, supra, 141 S.Ct. at pp. 1022-1023.)

 

There is no change in judgment.

 

RUBIN, P. J.

BAKER, J.

MOOR, J.

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