ADDITIONAL CASES Royal Centurian Inc., BJ’S Wholesale Club, Inc., Royal Sovereign Internatonal, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Taishan City Kexinte Motor Products Co., Ltd., Third-Party Defendant MEMORANDUM & ORDER Third-party Defendant Taishan City Kexinte Motor Products Co., Ltd. (the “Taishan” or “Third-party Defendant”) moves under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FED. R. CIV. P.”) 8(a)(1), 12(b)(2), and 12(b)(6) to dismiss the Third-party Complaint. (3d Pty. Compl., D.E. 73; Taishan Mot., D.E. 116; Taishan Br., D.E. 116-1; 3d Pty. Pls. Opp., D.E. 121; Taishan Reply, D.E. 126.) The Third-party Complaint seeks to recover money damages for personal injuries sustained from a portable air conditioner that caught fire, with some of the Defendants in that action, Royal Sovereign International Inc., Royal Centurian Inc., and BJ’s Wholesale, Inc. (the “Third-party Plaintiffs”) seeking indemnification and contribution from Taishan. Taishan contends that the Court must dismiss the Third-party Complaint because of the lack of personal jurisdiction and because Third-party Plaintiffs have failed to state an adequate claim. Third-party Plaintiffs ask the Court to deny the motion because they have established personal jurisdiction, and, in the alternative, they seek jurisdictional discovery to make a showing of personal jurisdiction on the basis of a more fully developed record. For the reasons that follow, the Court grants the Rule 12(b)(2) motion and denies the request for jurisdictional discovery. The Court need not reach the merits of the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, because the Court may dismiss the action on jurisdictional grounds. Accordingly, the Court dismisses the action as to Taishan. BACKGROUND I. The Underlying Action Familiarity with the prior factual and procedural history of the case is presumed. However, by way of review, Plaintiff Thomas Sidik (“Sidik”), as the administrator of the estate of his wife, Kristen A. Sidik (“K. Sidik”) and the parent and natural guardian of his children, K.S. and C.S. (and together “Plaintiffs”), brought the underlying action in December 2017 against Royal Sovereign International, Inc., Royal Centurian Inc., RS Ningbo, Inc., Royal Sovereign Qingdao a/k/a/ RS Qingdao, BJ’s Wholesale Club, ADT LLC, and Defenders, Inc. d/b/a/ Protect Your Home (together the “Defendants”), after a portable air conditioner caught fire at his home. (Compl., D.E. 1, 77.) Plaintiffs alleged that Sidik’s wife and children suffered severe injuries in the fire, and K. Sidik ultimately passed away from her injuries. (Compl.
