Legal Opinion
Jacobsen v. Asbestos Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 2013No. 12-CA-655PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.
12John S. Jacobsen Jr., plaintiff, appeals the trial court’s grant of an exception of lack of personal jurisdiction in favor of Norca Corporation, a defendant in this matter. Mr. Jacobsen argues that the trial court erred in granting this exception as the trial court gained personal jurisdiction over Norca because of its brokering sales of asbestos, the product alleged to have caused the damages in this case, and then shipping that asbestos to a plant in Louisiana. For the following reasons we find Mr. Jacobsen’s argument to be without merit and therefore…
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