Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Warranty survey.
From: "John M. Sikes, Jr." <mcnaught@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 14:27:12 -0500

I just subscribed, and missed out on the claim Austin Franklin writes about.
Can you send it? Thanks, John

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>From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Warranty survey.
>Date: Mon, Mar 4, 2002, 2:08 PM
>

> At 01:07 PM 3/4/02 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote:
>>
>>Well, I know I CAN win.  In MA, I can sue any company in the US here
>>locally.  No, I do NOT have to go to that state to sue them.  We have a long
>>arm statute that is invoked via what is called a "93A" demand letter.
>
> You might want to check out the Volkswagen and Grey Hound cases in the US
> Supreme Court, Austin.  If there are not "sufficient minimum contacts"
> between the forum state and the company, then you have to chase them to
> their home state.  I do recognize that Leica has established the "minimum
> sufficient contacts" with your Commonwealth to be sued there.
>
> But your basic statement is a gross over-characterization of the current
> state of the law.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
> Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
>
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