Volkswagen’s Indirect Contacts With California Keep It In Asbestos Suit

( April 3, 2025, 8:40 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A foreign automaker’s creation of and control over an entity specifically designed to target the U.S. market, including sales and operations in California, suffice to create jurisdiction in the state, a California appeals court said in an unpublished opinion reversing a trial court’s decision to quash service of summons for lack of personal jurisdiction....