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NOWAK v. TAK HOW INVESTMENTS, LTD.

No. 96-1006.

94 F.3d 708 (1996)

Ralph M. NOWAK, Administrator of the Estate of Sally Ann Nowak, et al., Plaintiffs — Appellees, v. TAK HOW INVESTMENTS, LTD., d/b/a Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Harbour View, Defendant — Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Rubenstein, with whom Robert B. Foster and Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

Edward Fegreus, Boston, MA, for appellees.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.1

A Massachusetts resident who accompanied her husband on a business trip to Hong Kong drowned in their hotel's swimming pool. Plaintiffs later brought this wrongful death diversity action against the Hong Kong corporation that owns the hotel — a corporation that has no place of business outside of Hong Kong. Defendant moved for dismissal, arguing that a Massachusetts court could not exercise personal jurisdiction...

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