United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a suit against a Barbados-domiciled reinsurer for lack of personal jurisdcition, finding that since the Plaintiff had made a prima facie case for general personal jurisdiction it was entitled to take discovery on jurisdictional issues. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Phencorp Reinsurance Company, Inc., – F.3d -, 2006 WL 590370 (7th Cir. Mar. 13, 2006) (slip opinion).
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