Case Name: Jerry L. JOHNSON and Debbie R. Johnson v. Gary BYRD and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-02-24
Citations: 210 So. 3d 800
Docket Number: No. 2017-CC-0115
Parties: Jerry L. JOHNSON and Debbie R. Johnson v. Gary BYRD and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc.
Judges: HUGHES, J., would grant the writ and assigns reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 210
Pages: 800–800

Head Matter:
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.
2/24/2017
HUGHES, J., would grant the writ and assigns reasons.

Opinion:
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.