Fisher v. Albany MacHine and Supply Company

DIXON, Justice.

We granted writs in this case to determine whether foreign corporations were subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana courts under the Louisiana “long arm” statutes.

*752This is a damage suit originally brought by a sawmill employee injured when a stick of wood flew from a "trimmer” — sawmill machinery — and hit him in the head. The plaintiff Fisher died after suit was filed; his widow and children were substituted, and a separate wrongful death action was filed by the widow and children. Numerous defendants were joined in both cases.

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