The New Jersey-based employer of a man who allegedly caused an auto accident in Pennsylvania should be haled into court as a defendant under the state’s “long-arm” jurisdiction because of its “pecuniary interest” in allowing its employee to drive directly home from job sites, the attorney for the plaintiff in the case told the Supreme Court in oral arguments last week.
The case, Schiavone v. R.J. Aveta, stems from an auto accident allegedly caused by an employee of a pool construction and maintenance firm that does business exclusively in New Jersey.
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