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Ken Masters - Seattle - WA
Ken Masters has been litigating civil appeals for over 30 years. He regularly practices in all of Washington’s appellate courts: the three Divisions of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane); the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco); and the Washington (Olympia) [...]Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $18 Million Jury Verdict Against Freight Broker
Chicago, Ill. (September 29, 2023) – In a huge win for freight brokers, a panel of the Appellate Court of Illinois on Thursday reversed a jury verdict, including an $18,150,750 award, against a broker. The panel reached its conclusion after finding that all the evidence presented at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, overwhelmingly favored the [...]
Supreme Court Holds That Consent To General Jurisdiction Through Registration To Do Business Satisfies Due Process
Over a century ago, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. v. Gold Issue Mining Co., 243 U.S. 93 (1917), that a state could require out-of-state corporations to consent to general jurisdiction as a condition of registering to do business in that state. Out-of-state companies could, therefore, be sued in a state where they had registered [...]
