On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the argument of the plaintiff and its amici and reversed the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, 600 U.S. ___ (2023). The result of this ruling is to open the doors of more courts to the victims of corporate neglect (and product defect).

The issue raised in this appeal has significant jurisprudential implications for every American citizen who has a due process right to seek legal redress when he suffers harm at the hands of another, whether the culprit is an individual or a corporation. In this moment in time, the perplexing issue raised by this appeal is why shouldn’t a nationwide corporation be subject to personal jurisdiction in each state in which it decides to obtain the benefits obtained by registering to do business and carrying out continuous and substantial business—regardless of the state in which the harm has arisen? [Brief of amici curiae of the Center for Auto Safety and the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, 2022 WL 2783727.]