Judge Dismisses Suit Against AXA Belgium for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a suit brought by Pacific Employers Insurance Co. against a Belgian reinsurer for lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling that the defendant had no "continuous and systematic contacts" in Pennsylvania and did not "purposely direct" its business activities to the state. Pacific Employers Insurance Co. v. AXA Belgium S.A., No. 09-05211 (E.D. Pa.).

On April 27, Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania also denied PEIC's request to transfer the case to the Central District of California, ruling that litigating in California would "be a …