Legal Opinion
Canon v. Towns
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 3, 2012No. 12-243PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.
liThe Louisiana buyer of a shrimp boat, Susan Michelle Canon, brought suit in Cal-casieu Parish, Louisiana, against the North Carolina sellers, Raeford and Jennifer Mil-lis, when the boat caught fire in Florida while in route from North Carolina to Louisiana. The sellers filed an exception of lack of personal jurisdiction. The trial court entered judgment in the sellers’ favor and dismissed them from Canon’s suit. Ms. Canon appealed. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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