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RUFUS BOATWRIGHT v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS.

Nos. 95-CA-2473, 95-C-2525.

671 So.2d 553 (1996)

RUFUS BOATWRIGHT, et al. v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Hubbard, III, Gordon P. Wilson, Lugenbuhl, Burke, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, for Travelers Insurance Company.

Geoffrey P. Snodgrass, Scott Yount, Kenan S. Rand, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for Highland Insurance Company.

Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Robert E. Caraway, III, Plauche, Maselli & Landry, New Orleans, for American Motorists Insurance Company.

Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Fleming & Rosamond, Metairie, for Commercial Union Insurance Company.

John F. Dillon, Mickey P. Landry, Frank J. Swarr, Sandra A. Jelks, L. Dawn Smith, F. Gerald Maples, P.A., New Orleans, for Rufus Boatwright, et al.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and PLOTKIN, JJ.

PLOTKIN, Judge.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether recent amendments to the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, LSA-R.S. 22:655, restrict venue against insurers sued under the statute to those specified by the express provisions of the statute. Specifically, we are required to determine whether the fact that the statute has been amended to allow venue "under the general rules of venue prescribed by Code of Civil Procedure Art. 42 only" implicitly overrules...

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