In 2014, the Washington State Supreme Court upended a century of precedent when it issued Ralph v. Department of Natural Resources, 182 Wn.2d 242, 343 P.3d 342 (Wash. 2014) (“Ralph I”). In Ralph I, the Court considered “the distinction…
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(Not) Home Sweet Home: Fighting Assertions of General Jurisdiction over Product Liability Claims in Oregon and Washington
For corporate defendants doing business in multiple states, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Daimler AG v. Baumann, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014) was a godsend. Daimler significantly limited the permissible…