Moore v. Central Louisiana Electric Co.

This is a products liability claim against both defendants appellees.

Louisiana’s Long Arm Statute (LSA-R.S. 13:3201 et seq.) grants to the courts of Louisiana jurisdiction in personam over all types of nonresidents as permitted by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Henry G. McMahon, Civil Procedure, 25 La.L.Rev. 28, 30, 32 (1964-65). Louisiana State Law Institute comment (a) under LSA-R.S. 13:3201 specifically states that this legislation was offered and enacted “to permit the courts of this state to tap the full potential of jurisdiction in per-sonam over nonresidents…