LEWIS v. INDUSTRIAL DEMOLISHERS, INC.

Nos. 96-CA-0773, 96-CA-0774.

683 So.2d 850 (1996)

Rosalee LEWIS, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Children Adrian Lewis and Frank Lewis v. INDUSTRIAL DEMOLISHERS, INC., ABC Insurance Co., Inc., Goldin Industries, La., Inc., Goldin Industries, Inc., Def Insurance O., Inc., Cygan & Cygan Corporation, United States Fire Insurance Co., Inc., Universal Process Equipment, Inc., American International Insurance Co., Inc., The Plastics Operating Component of the General Electric Company and the JKL Insurance Co., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Holden, Patricia A. Garcia, W. Reed Smith, New Orleans, for Rosalee Lewis, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Adrian Lewis and Frank Lewis.

Linda M. Meyer, Roberts, Katz, Baudier & Favret, New Orleans, for Lula Mae Kent, et al.

Edward P. Lobman, Joseph M. Messina, Lobman, Carhahan And Batt, Metairie, for Cygan & Cygan Corp. and United States Fire Ins. Co.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and WALTZER, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the district court's judgment dismissing their case against the defendant on an exception of lack of personal jurisdiction. After reviewing the record, we affirm.

This litigation arises from an explosion at the General Electric Plastics plant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on January 26, 1993. Franklin Kent, a worker on that site, was fatally injured in the accident. Kent was a Louisiana resident, and commuted from New Orleans...

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