Legal Opinion
Advance Petroleum Service, Inc. v. Cucullu
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 3, 1993No. 92-337PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECUIR, Judge.
Plaintiff, Advance Petroleum Service, Inc., appealed a judgment sustaining an exception of lack of in personam jurisdiction over defendant, Michael D. Cucullu. Finding no error in the trial court’s ruling, we affirm.
FACTS
This appeal arises in the context of a legal malpractice action instituted by Advance (a Louisiana corporation) against Cu-cullu (a Texas attorney currently domiciled in Colorado) and the Louisiana attorney who referred the case to him. Advance originally retained a Louisiana attorney to perfect a lien on its behalf. Subsequently, the attorney contacted Cucullu,…
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