Opinion ID: 169344
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Injury Arising out of or Relating to Forum Activities

Text: 27 Although we have concluded that the Insurers created some contact with the forum state, we must still determine whether a nexus exists between [the] Defendant[s'] forum-related contacts and the Plaintiff's cause of action. Id. We ask whether the plaintiff's claim arises out of or results from `actions by the defendant himself that create a substantial connection with the forum state.' Id. at 1091 (quoting Asahi, 480 U.S. at 109, 107 S.Ct. 1026 (plurality opinion)). The Insurers' contact with Kansas arose when they issued policies that included Kansas within the covered territory and reserved the right to control litigation related to covered claims. THAN is seeking coverage under the policy for judgments entered against it and costs incurred in litigating asbestos claims, at least one of which was filed in Kansas. Consequently, THAN's claims arise out of the Insurers' contact with Kansas. See id. at 1095 (concluding plaintiff's claim arose out of defendant insurance companies' forum-related activity because Defendants' contacts arose when the companies issued policies agreeing to defend Plaintiff from suit in Kansas[, and] Plaintiff complain[ed] that Defendants wrongfully refused to defend them under these policies). 28