Johnson v. Byrd
Johnson v. Byrd
210 So. 3d 800; 2017 La. LEXIS 467
(Southern Reporter, Third Series)
Johnson v. Byrd
Opinion of the Court
would grant the writ and assigns reasons.
|,I respectfully dissent and would grant the writ. The defendant did not solicit or conduct business in Louisiana. He did not advertise in Louisiana; his business was known by “word of mouth.” He did not seek the business, it came to him. His posture was passive, not active.
Furthermore, the action involved, a dog bite, has nothing to do with his engine repair business. Had the dog bitten a neighbor, the mailman, or a salesman the result should be the same. Jurisdiction does not constitutionally lie in Louisiana under these facts.
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