Edwin Nelms, Individually and as Next Friend for Mark Nelms v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Appellant, Edwin Nelms, sued appellee insurance company to recover damages allegedly caused when he was bitten by a dog belonging to his grandfather, a Louisiana resident, while appellant was visiting in Louisiana. The action was brought directly against the grandfather’s insurer in the federal district court for the Northern District of Texas on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. The trial court dismissed the action after concluding that the applicable confliet-of-laws rules would not allow a direct action against an insurer under the circumstances of this case. We agree with the trial…