So how could a lawsuit filed in Arizona get kicked towards a Canadian company operating in Canada?
I have no idea how that would work and I would like to get an explanation from somebody who knows that kind of cross country law stuff.
In simplified terms, if you do something involving someone in a particular state and it would have been reasonable for you to think you could potentially be sued by that person in that state if a dispute arose out of whatever it was you were doing, then a court in that state might have jurisdiction if the person does end up suing you there.
Think of it like a spectrum:
On one end, imagine a situation where a Canadian company sets up a satellite office in Arizona and hires an Arizona resident to work in that office under an employment contract signed in Arizona. In that situation, if the worker sues the company over some kind of employment dispute, Arizona courts are going to have jurisdiction.
On the other end of the spectrum is a situation where a Canadian company that makes widgets has a website that is accessible by anybody in the world, including people in Arizona, but they only sell their widgets in Canada. Someone from Arizona travels to Canada, buys a widget, gets injured by the widget in Canada, and then tries to sue the company in Arizona. That's not going to fly.
Most cases fall somewhere in the middle of those scenarios. Camille has a pretty weak argument for why hers should fall on the "yes you can sue here" end of the spectrum.
108. During their travels, Camille and Conor had limited access to their emails and Dickinson’s single email had gone to the spam folder of both her business and personal email accounts. 109. Because Camille was jetlagged and in ultra focus mode for the upcoming ultramarathon, she didn’t immediately see Dickinson’s Twitter/X message. .... 111. When Camille saw Dickinson’s Twitter/X message while traveling, she hadn’t seen his email to her personal account and assumed he had emailed Conor 112. Camille also put the response to Dickinson’s email on the backburner, as Dickinson had clearly intended for her to do.
The writer for Canadian Running (Dickinson) messaged their business email, personal email, and Twitter/X account. Camille and Conor ignored them all. And they blame the writer for it. This is unbelievable
108. During their travels, Camille and Conor had limited access to their emails and Dickinson’s single email had gone to the spam folder of both her business and personal email accounts. 109. Because Camille was jetlagged and in ultra focus mode for the upcoming ultramarathon, she didn’t immediately see Dickinson’s Twitter/X message. .... 111. When Camille saw Dickinson’s Twitter/X message while traveling, she hadn’t seen his email to her personal account and assumed he had emailed Conor 112. Camille also put the response to Dickinson’s email on the backburner, as Dickinson had clearly intended for her to do.
The writer for Canadian Running (Dickinson) messaged their business email, personal email, and Twitter/X account. Camille and Conor ignored them all. And they blame the writer for it. This is unbelievable
Sounds like, they admit in these court papers that the Canadian Running journalist did the right thing.
No newspaper would have published anything important if they had to wait until somebody responds. That's why you always hear: The XY News organization reached out to XX but didn't hear back so far.
108. During their travels, Camille and Conor had limited access to their emails and Dickinson’s single email had gone to the spam folder of both her business and personal email accounts. 109. Because Camille was jetlagged and in ultra focus mode for the upcoming ultramarathon, she didn’t immediately see Dickinson’s Twitter/X message. .... 111. When Camille saw Dickinson’s Twitter/X message while traveling, she hadn’t seen his email to her personal account and assumed he had emailed Conor 112. Camille also put the response to Dickinson’s email on the backburner, as Dickinson had clearly intended for her to do.
The writer for Canadian Running (Dickinson) messaged their business email, personal email, and Twitter/X account. Camille and Conor ignored them all. And they blame the writer for it. This is unbelievable
And he waited for 3 days for a reply!!! That is incredibly generous from a journalist.
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