TORCH, INC. v. LeBLANC

No. 91-3193 Summary Calendar.

947 F.2d 193 (1991)

TORCH, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P. LeBLANC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard J. Sonnier, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

David John Shea, St. Martin, Lirette & Shea, Houma, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, KING, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Torch, Inc. ("Torch"), a Louisiana corporation with its principal offices in Louisiana, complains that the district court abused its discretion by dismissing its declaratory judgment action. Finding no such abuse of discretion, we AFFIRM.

I.

While in the employ of Torch as a seaman, Michael P. LeBlanc allegedly sustained injuries on two separate occasions: (i) on February 21, 1989, off the coast of Texas, and (ii)...

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