Cajun Cypress and Hardwoods of Baton Rouge, Inc. and Glenn W. McAdams v. Twin Cities Lumber, LLC, Taylor Gooch, and XYZ Insurance Company ( 2020 )

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 103La. 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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DEPUTY CL RK 0 COURT
FOR THE COURT