CAJUN CYPRESS AND HARDWOODS NO. 2020 CW 0211 OF BATON ROUGE, INC. AND GLENN W. MCADAMS VERSUS

TWIN CITIES LUMBER, LLC, TAYLOR GOOCH, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY JUNE 29, 2020

In Re: Twin Cities Lumber, LLC, for applying supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 687, 284.

BEFORE: McDONALD, McCLENDON, WELCH, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED.

The trial court' s February 12, 2020 judgment denying the exception of lack of personal jurisdiction filed by defendant, Twin Cities Lumber, LLC, is reversed. Plaintiffs did not meet their burden of or the alleging proving minimum contacts necessary to establish personal jurisdiction. See de Reyes v. Marine Management and Consulting, Ltd., 586 So. 2d 103 La. 1991). Accordingly, Twin Cities Lumber, LLC' s exception of lack of personal jurisdiction is granted, and the claims of Cajun Cypress and Hardwoods of Baton Rouge, Inc. and Glenn W.

McAdams against Twin Cities Lumber, LLC are dismissed without prejudice.

JMM PMC MRT

Welch and Chutz, JJ., dissent and would deny the writ application.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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