Trahan v. Manco Products, Inc.

KING, Judge.

The issue presented on this appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in sustaining defendant’s declinatory exception of lack of personal jurisdiction.

Mr. and Mrs. Hilary L. Trahan (hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs), residents of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, brought this suit against Manco Products, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as defendant) for the wrongful death of their eleven-year-old son, Timothy Luke Trahan, alleging that their child’s death was caused by the defective design and manufacture of defendant’s go-cart. Defendant was served under the provisions of the…