Mrs. Phillips purchased a glass baking dish manufactured by Anchor Hocking Glass. She purchased the dish at a Thrifty Drug Store in Mesa, Arizona. Anchor Hocking manufactures its glassware in Ohio and distributes its products nationally. When Mrs
Phillips removed the baking dish from her oven (while making a casserole), the dish exploded and Mrs. Phillips was injured. Mrs. Phillips' attorney wants to bring a product liability lawsuit against Anchor Hocking in Arizona. Anchor Hocking does not believe it can be forced to defend a lawsuit in Arizona since it has no offices there. Can the Arizona courts take jurisdiction?
In Phillips v. Anchor Hocking Glass, the Arizona Courts were permitted to take in personam jurisdiction over Anchor Hocking since: (1 ) Anchor Hocking distributed its products nationally, (2 ) the evidence and plaintiff were in Arizona, and (3 ) it was not unfair to require Anchor Hocking to defend a suit in Arizona since its products were there.
413 P.2d 732 (1966).
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