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RUCKSTUHL v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 98-CC-1126.

731 So.2d 881 (1999)

Evelyn Decuir RUCKSTUHL and Richard E. Ruckstuhl v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Covert, Sean D. Fagan, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

John J. Hainkel, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans; John D. Cosmich; Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III, Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy; Michael D. Harold, Julie DeFulco Robles, Hailey McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie; J. Michael Johnson, Galloway, Johnson, Tomplins & Burr, New Orleans; Susan B. Kohn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans; Steven W. Copley, Gordon, Arata, McCullam & Dulantis, New Orleans; Charles V. Giordano, Album, Stovall, Radecker & Giordano, Metairie; David L. Guerry, Michael A. Patterson, Baton Rouge, Andrew J. McDlaney, Jr., Daniel P. Olohan, Nutter, McLennen & Fish; Arthur W. Stout, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles; George R. Covert, Sean D. Fagan, Baton Rouge, for Resondent.

VICTORY, J.*

We granted this writ to determine whether this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporate defendant who manufactured and supplied, in vast quantities, a major component part of a product which entered Louisiana through the marketing and distribution practices of the end product manufacturer and purportedly injured a Louisiana resident.

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