Sarjeant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES SARJEANT, et al., Case No. 24-cv-01216-VC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING VANDERBILT'S v. MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF

PERSONAL JURISDICTION

FOSTER WHEELER LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 83 Defendants.

Vanderbilt’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is denied. This ruling assumes the reader is familiar with the facts, the applicable legal standards, and the arguments made by both parties. Sarjeant alleges the following: that Vanderbilt did extensive business in California including mining and selling talc, that Vanderbilt marketed and sold talc through a California sales office to the California manufacturing facilities of two entities from which Sarjeant alleges that he purchased products that caused his injury, that Sarjeant purchased those products in California, and that Vanderbilt talc was present in multiple places where Sarjeant was exposed. Vanderbilt contests only the “relatedness” prong of the personal jurisdiction inquiry. Vanderbilt argues that Sarjeant must provide evidence, at this stage of the proceeding, that it was actually Vanderbilt-manufactured…