California Court of Appeal

A California distributor failed to show that an Italian company had requisite minimum contacts with California, or that it either intended to serve the California market or was aware its product was being marketed in the forum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2002
• Published 09/10/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Lawson, Macrae, Gress & Culbertson, Jean M. Moriarty;  Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Marc J. Poster, Los Angeles, for Cross-complainant and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gordon & Rees, P. Gerhardt Zacher, San Diego, Patricia Lee Gulley, San Francisco, and Linda J. Sinclair, San Diego, for Cross-defendant and Respondent.