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Jerry L. JOHNSON and Debbie R. Johnson
v.
Gary BYRD and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc.
No. 2017-CC-0115.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb 24, 2017.
Published opinion
210 So. 3d 800
2017 La. LEXIS 467
Grant, Hughes, Reasons, Writ.
Published
Hughes, J.,

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.