Malone & Hyde, Inc. v. Chisley

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This case presents the single issue of whether the circuit judge exceeded his authority in accepting jurisdiction of a lawsuit brought by a Louisiana resident, Elvert Chisley, against a non-resident corporate defendant, Malone & Hyde, Inc., involving an accident that occurred in Tennessee. We hold that he did, and we grant the petition of Malone & Hyde.

On January 14, 1988, Elvert Chisley, was driving a tractor-trailer rig for Arkansas Best Corporation on Interstate 40 in Madison County, Tennessee. A truck driven by an employee of Malone & Hyde, a foreign corporation…