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SMITH v. DeWALT PRODUCTS CORP.

No. 83-4213 Summary Calendar.

743 F.2d 277 (1984)

Sam SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DeWALT PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, Miss., A. Kennon Goff, III, Ruston, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Watkins & Eager, James A. Becker, Jr., Jerrald L. Shivers, Paul J. Stephenson, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case was filed in a Mississippi district court in an effort to obtain the protection of the longer Mississippi statute of limitations over a personal injury action that would have been untimely if filed in Louisiana, where the injury occurred. We affirm its dismissal by the district court for want of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

While working in Ruston, Louisiana, and using a power saw, Sam Smith,...

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