JACOBSEN v. ASBESTOS CORP. LTD.

No. 12-CA-655.

119 So.3d 770 (2013)

John S. JACOBSEN, Jr. v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Cannella , Mickey P. Landry , Frank J. Swarr , Philip C. Hoffman , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Edward A. Rodrigue, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, ROBERT M. MURPHY, and STEPHEN J. WINDHORST.


FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

John S. Jacobsen Jr., plaintiff, appeals the trial court's grant of an exception of lack of personal jurisdiction in favor of Norca Corporation, a defendant in this matter. Mr. Jacobsen argues that the trial court erred in granting this exception as the trial court gained personal jurisdiction over Norca because of its brokering sales of asbestos, the product alleged to have caused the damages in this case, and then shipping that...

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