JUELICH v. YAMAZAKI MAZAK OPTONICS CORP.

Nos. A03-174, A03-228.

682 N.W.2d 565 (2004)

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

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory Patrick Whalen, Wilbur W. Fluegel, Fluegel Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant Juelich.

Blake William Duerre, Anton Johan Van Der Merwe, Arthur Chapman Kettering, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent Yamazaki Mazak Optonics Corporation.

Carl Paul Carver, Kevin Patrick Curry, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent Mazak Nissho Iwai Corporation.

Robert D. Brownson, Kristi Kay Warner, Brownson & Ballou, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent Meikkou Corporation.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is similar to the one stated by the United States Supreme Court in its 1987 decision of Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California as follows:

[W]hether the mere awareness on the part of a foreign defendant that the components it manufactured, sold, and delivered outside the United States would reach the forum State...

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