JUELICH v. YAMAZAKI MAZAK OPTONICS CORP.

Nos. A03-174, A03-228.

670 N.W.2d 11 (2003)

James Donald JUELICH, Appellant, v. YAMAZAKI MAZAK OPTONICS CORPORATION, a/k/a Yamazaki Mazak Minokamo Corporation, Respondent, Mazak Nissho Iwai Corporation, Respondent, Gladwin Machinery & Supply Co., Defendant, Meikikou Corporation, Respondent, and Meikikou Corporation, Third Party Plaintiff, v. Aries Precision Sheet Metal Company, Third Party Defendant, and James Donald Juelich, Plaintiff, v. Yamazaki Mazak Optonics Corporation, a/k/a Yamazaki Mazak Minokamo Corporation, et al., Appellants, Gladwin Machinery & Supply Company, Defendant, Meikikou Corporation, Respondent, and Meikikou Corporation, third party plaintiff, Respondent, v. Aries Precision Sheet Metal Company, Third Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory P. Whalen, Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey, Ltd., and Wilbur W. Fluegel, Fluegel Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant James Juelich.

Robert D. Brownson, Kristi K. Warner, Brownson & Ballou P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Meikikou Corporation.

Carl Paul Carver, Kevin P. Curry, Bowman and Brooke, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Mazak Nissho Iwai Corporation.

Blake W. Duerre, Anton J. van der Merwe, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Yamazaki Mazak Optonics Corporation.

Considered and decided by WILLIS, Presiding Judge; TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge; and SHUMAKER, Judge.


OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

Appellant James Juelich, a Minnesota resident, was injured by a scissor-lift table manufactured by respondent Meikikou. Juelich sued Meikikou, appellant Yamazaki, the manufacturer of a component of the table, and appellant Mazak Corporation, an international distributor. The district court dismissed respondent Meikikou for lack of personal jurisdiction, and appellants challenge the dismissal in consolidated appeals. Because...

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