Jenna Fischman

Prevailed for foreign resort clients based on lack of personal jurisdiction. The Eastern District of New York determined that jurisdiction could not be established by booking a stay on a hotel website from New York, as this booking lacked a sufficient connection to the plaintiff’s injuries in Jamaica at the Jamaican resort.

Prevailed for foreign resort clients on a motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens stemming from a forum-selection clause.

Prevailed for Appellee in reversing trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction regarding a Florida resident’s action stemming from an alleged vaping injury from misusing Appellee’s batteries.

Obtained a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for an equine insurance broker, who was sued by a former client regarding insurance premiums for his racehorses.

Secured affirmance of a trial court’s order granting the defendant’s forum non conveniens motion where the U.S.-based plaintiffs alleged a premises-liability claim arising out of a foreign hotel.

Secured affirmance of a trial-court order compelling enforcement of mandatory arbitration provisions contained in nursing-home residency agreements and participated in oral argument in front of the Second District Court of Appeal.

Defeated, with prejudice, a forum-shopping plaintiff’s attempts to assert defamation claims against a D.C.-based newspaper and website publisher, after previously having defeated the same plaintiff’s claims on the same alleged defamation claims in Florida federal court and Delaware state court.

Secured affirmance of a defense summary judgment in an alleged products-liability action. The result was a defense final judgment as a matter of law in favor of the manufacturer of a paint-based roof-patching material.

Obtained reversal of the trial court’s orders denying Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.’s motions for protective order regarding plaintiff’s attempts to include upfront sharing provisions in confidentiality orders.