NOWAK v. TAK HOW INV. LTD.

Civ. A. No. 94-11691-WGY.

899 F.Supp. 25 (1995)

Ralph M. NOWAK, Administrator of the Estate of Sally Ann Nowak, and Individually; Nicholas M. Nowak, a minor, by Ralph M. Nowak, his father and next friend; and Nathan G. Nowak, a minor, by Ralph M. Nowak, his father and next friend, Plaintiffs, v. TAK HOW INVESTMENT LTD. d/b/a Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Harbour View, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Fegreus, Boston, MA, for plaintiffs.

Alan B. Rubenstein, Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, Boston, MA, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

This wrongful death diversity action tests the limits of the power of this Court to exercise in personam jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant. It involves a resident of Massachusetts who accompanied her husband on a business trip to Hong Kong and drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel at which they lodged, allegedly due to the negligence of the hotel and its staff. Her widower and two children, also residents...

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