In Estate of Weingeroff v. Pilatus Aircraft, the plaintiff's representative brought a diversity action against Pilatus, a Swiss company that manufactured the plane that crashed, killing Weingeroff. The court decided:
A) that because Pilatus was a Swiss company, it was immune from civil lawsuits.
B) in favor of Pilatus because the more than $1 million that it spent in Pennsylvania was too insignificant to create minimum contacts and no specific marketing was done targeted to Pennsylvania.
C) in favor of Weingeroff because spending over $1 million in Pennsylvania satisfied the minimum-contacts requirement to create jurisdiction.
D) in favor of Weingeroff because Pilatus conducted a nationwide marketing campaign and specifically manufactured planes to meet FAA compliance, thus constituting purposeful availment.
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