VERDIN v. MORANIA OIL TANKER CORP.

No. 94 CW 0916.

655 So.2d 542 (1995)

Brian and Serena VERDIN v. MORANIA OIL TANKER CORP.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Shea, Houma, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Alexander N. Breckinridge, IV, New Orleans, for defendant-relator.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS, CARTER, WHIPPLE and FOGG, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

Brian Verdin (Verdin) was injured in May 1992 while working as a deckhand for Morania Oil Tanker Corporation (defendant) in New Jersey. Verdin and his wife Serena (plaintiffs) filed a Jones Act claim and maritime action against defendant in Terrebonne Parish.

Defendant filed an exception of lack of in personam jurisdiction. The trial court found defendant had insufficient contacts with the State of Louisiana to support general jurisdiction...

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