Civil Procedure Keyed to Hazard
Insurance Corp. of Ireland, Ltd. v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee
Facts
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (Plaintiff) was a mining company that primarily performed mining activities in the Republic of Guinea. Plaintiff is 51% owned by Halco, Inc., which operates in Pennsylvania. Halco assists Plaintiff with administrative operations. In 1973, Halco procured business interruption insurance for Plaintiff. $10 million of coverage was obtained from the Insurance Company of North America. The excess $10 million was obtained through a group of 21, primarily foreign, insurers (Defendants). In February of 1974, Plaintiff experienced an interruption of business in excess of $10 million. When Defendants refused to pay the claim, Plaintiff sued in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Defendants claimed the court lacked personal jurisdiction over them and made a subsequent motion for summary judgment on that basis. As part of the motion, Plaintiff sought discovery involving Defendants’ contacts with Pennsylvania. After several delays in producing the requested material, the court warned Defendants that if they continued to fail to produce the requested material, it would assume, pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), that there existed personal jurisdiction. Defendants did not produce the material and the court found that personal jurisdiction existed.
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