A Pennsylvania man who was rendered quadriplegic when attempting to perform a backflip in a Cornell University gymnastics arena has won a hard-fought battle to keep his lawsuit against the university in a Pennsylvania court.
Reversing one of his own decisions, U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones II has ruled that Cornell University is subject to general personal jurisdiction in Pennsylvania courts because the New York-based university maintains a full-time office with paid staff in Pennsylvania that engages in year-round recruiting and fundraising efforts.
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