A company’s status as an intended third-party beneficiary of a settlement agreement means that it can’t get out of a provision in which Delaware jurisdiction was specifically selected, a federal judge in the District of Delaware has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson’s decision means that a dispute over plates used for printing labels must be litigated in Delaware because a jurisdictional agreement worked out between E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and a litigant would apply to MacDermid Printing Solutions LLC as a third-party beneficiary.
