It's no secret that each party to a lawsuit wants to win and that part of trial strategy is filing suit in a court that the plaintiff thinks is most likely to provide a favorable outcome. A countermove by defendants may be asking the court to transfer the case to a different venue, one that may be more favorable to their side. But before the court can hear the case, there has to be some connection or contact that gives the court jurisdiction to hear the case. What happens when an insurance policy applies to claims across the United States but it's not clear how much contact the insurer has with the location in which the suit was filed?
Recently, one federal district court in California has ruled that it did not have personal jurisdiction over an insurance company despite a nationwide coverage clause in the insurance policy issued by the insurer.
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CDC San Francisco LLC entered into a contract with Webcor Construction, L.P., for construction of the InterContinental San Francisco Hotel.
Webcor contracted with Architectural Glass and Aluminum Co., Inc. (AGA) for the design, construction, and installation of a curtain wall glazing system to consist of an interconnected system of blue glass forming the building's entire exterior.
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