FLEMING v. STANDARD FURNITURE MFG.

No. 99-CA-1100.

769 So.2d 643 (2000)

Phillip FLEMING v. STANDARD FURNITURE MANUFACTURING, Rosenberg Furniture Co., Hank Favorite, Ronald Jackson, Robert Bowman, Zurich American Insurance Company, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Russell Holwadel, Adams and Johnston, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellant/Tube-Smith Industrial Company Ltd.

Thomas L. Gaudry, Jr., John A. Leslie, Windhorst, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, L.L.C., Gretna, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellees, Standard Furniture Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Zurich Insurance Company.

Court composed of Judge BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY and Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY.


MURRAY, J.

In this appeal, a furniture manufacturer located in Taiwan contends the trial court erred in overruling its exception to personal jurisdiction. We affirm for the reasons that follow.

Phillip Fleming, a Louisiana citizen, filed this personal injury suit for injuries received when a chair, purchased from a New Orleans retailer in 1994, collapsed under him. Among the named defendants were Standard Furniture Manufacturing Company, Inc. and Zurich American...

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