Hunt v. Erie Insurance Group

728 F.2d 1244 Linda Jean HUNT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERIE INSURANCE GROUP, a corporation; Erie Insurance Exchange, a corporation; Erie Insurance Company, a corporation; Erie Indemnity Company, a corporation; Does One through Ten, Defendants-Appellees. No. 83-2215. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 17, 1984. Decided March 20, 1984. Joseph I. Burgess, Fabris & Ring, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Kevin J. Dunne, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before ANDERSON, SCHROEDER, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 The issue before this court is whether an East Coast insurance company has purposefully derived any benefit from activities relating to the State of California, so that personal jurisdiction can be asserted over the insurer in a California forum. Hunt, a third party beneficiary to a "no-fault" insurance policy, contends the insurer has the requisite minimum contacts with California. The district court disagreed and concluded that to exercise personal jurisdiction…