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HB 779 Original 2016 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Provides relative to the domicile of certain juridical persons.
Present law (C.C. Art. 3542) provides that as a general rule, issues of torts are governed by the law
of the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its laws were not applied to that
issue.
Present law (C.C. Art. 3518) provides that a juridical person may be treated as a domiciliary of either
its state of formation or the state which is its principal place of business.
Present law provides that a juridical person domiciled outside of Louisiana who transacts business
in Louisiana, and incurs a delictual or quasi-delictual obligation (tort) arising from activity in
Louisiana, shall be treated as a domiciliary of Louisiana provided that the principles of present law
(C.C. Art. 3542) are considered.
Proposed law removes the requirement that present law must be considered and further provides that
despite present law, a juridical person domiciled outside of Louisiana which transacts business in
Louisiana and incurs a delictual or quasi-delictual obligation arising from activity within Louisiana,
shall be treated as domiciled in Louisiana.
(Amends C.C. Art. 3548)