TEKNIKA ELECTRONICS CORP. v. SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS OF LOUISIANA, INC.

No. W95-663.

673 So.2d 1129 (1996)

TEKNIKA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS OF LOUISIANA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied June 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Wade Trahan, Claude Rivet, Lafayette, for Teknika Electronics, Inc.

Charles N. Wooten, Lafayette, for Satellite Earth Stations of Louisiana, et al.

Donlon Pugh, Lafayette, for St. Paul Fire & Marine.

Kevin Richard Tully, New Orleans, for Yasuda Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Before THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS, DECUIR, AMY and SULLIVAN, JJ.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

The issue before us is whether, consistent with the due process clause of the United States Constitution, a Louisiana court may exercise in personam jurisdiction over a foreign-owned parent company alleged to be an alter ego of its wholly owned subsidiary with respect to the distribution of allegedly defective products in Louisiana.

After balancing the interests and concerns of the competing parties, we conclude that jurisdiction attaches...

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