POOL v. KEMPER INS. GROUP

No. 7676.

386 So.2d 1006 (1980)

Jerry M. POOL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KEMPER INSURANCE GROUP et al., Defendants-Appellees, Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Refused September 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodley, Barnett, Cox, Williams & Fenet, Robert W. Fenet, Lake Charles, and Jones & Jones, J. B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Meredith T. Holt, Lake Charles, for intervenor-appellee-appellant.

Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Fred L. Cappel, Lake Charles, Randolph J. Waits, Francis Emmett, New Orleans, Voorhies & Labbe, John N. Chappuis, Lafayette, for appellee.

Brame, Bergstedt & Brame, Frank M. Brame, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Bernard H. McLaughlin, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and LABORDE, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed a judgment dismissing, for want of subject matter jurisdiction, his claim for personal injuries sustained in an offshore oil rig accident.

On July 14, 1977, plaintiff Jerry Pool was employed by General American Oil Company of Texas as a roustabout on an offshore oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico eight miles south of Cameron, Louisiana. Plaintiff was operating a...

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