POUNDS v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 99 CA 1091.

762 So.2d 161 (2000)

Keith POUNDS, Michelle Pounds, Harry Gregg & Mary Ann Gregg v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Malette Kraft Pulp & Power, PCA Solutions, Inc., Physicians Corporation of America, Louisiana United Businesses Association, and Louisiana United Businesses Self Insurers Fund.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied September 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ducote, New Orleans, for Appellants/ Plaintiffs Keith Pounds, Michelle Pounds, Harry Gregg and Mary Ann Gregg.

Eugene G. Taggart, New Orleans, for Appellee/Defendant Florida Power & Light Company.

David Bienvenu, New Orleans, for Malette Kraft.

Richard A. Curry, Baton Rouge, for PCA Solutions.

Thomas M. Ruli, Metairie, for LA. United Businesses.

BEFORE: FOIL, WHIPPLE and GUIDRY, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the dismissal of a tort suit filed against two nonresident defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Keith Pounds, Harry Gregg and their spouses, all Louisiana residents, filed this lawsuit in the 22nd Judicial District Court for the Parish of Washington, seeking to recover damages against two nonresident defendants, Florida Power & Light Company (FP & L...

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