393 is a leading Canadian case on conflict of laws decided by the Supreme Court of Canada.
[1] The decision represented the biggest transformation in the law of conflicts for over 15 years until the later case of Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye (1990).
A Saskatchewan man was killed in his home while replacing a light bulb that was manufactured by the defendant in Ontario.
[2] The Court adopted a more modern and liberal interpretation of jurisdiction and the location of a tort that balanced fairness between the parties.
... By tendering his products in the market place directly or through normal distributive channels, a manufacturer ought to assume the burden of defending those products wherever they cause harm as long as the forum into which the manufacturer is taken is one that he reasonably ought to have had in his contemplation when he so tendered his goods.