LEWIS v. PINE BELT MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY

No. 48,827-CW.

138 So.3d 776 (2014)

Lakhesia LEWIS, Plaintiff-Respondent v. PINE BELT MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY ACTION ACQUISITION AGENCY, INC., et al., Defendants-Applicants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ryan, III & Associates, by James Ryan, III , Timothy T. Roniger , New Orleans, Jeffrey A. Clayman , Craig R. Webb , for Defendant-Applicant Moser Rides, S.r.l.

Kelly & Townsend, Natchitoches, by T. Taylor Townsend , for Plaintiffs-Respondents Lakhesia Lewis and Sheldon Hallmon.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport, by Steven E. Soileau , for Defendant-Respondent State Fair of Louisiana.

Musgrave, McLachlan & Penn, New Orleans, by Lisa A. McLachlan , for Defendant-Respondent Pine Belt Multipurpose Community Action Acquisition Agency.

Thomas Reginald Hightower, Jr. , Thomas R. Hightower, III , Lafayette, for Defendant-Respondent Lowery Carnival Co., Inc.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and LOLLEY, JJ.


STEWART, J.

Moser Rides, S.r.l. ("Moser"), an Italian company that manufactures and sells amusement rides and a defendant in this matter, seeks review of the denial of its declinatory exception of lack of personal jurisdiction. At issue is whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment denies Louisiana courts personal jurisdiction over this foreign defendant whose only contacts with the state include a single...

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