TATUM v. COLONIAL LLOYDS INS. CO.

No. 97-38.

702 So.2d 1076 (1997)

Robert TATUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLONIAL LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Wilson Seaman, Natchitoches, for Robert Tatum.

William Preston Crews, Jr., Natchitoches, for Colonial Lloyds Insurance Company.

Before COOKS, SAUNDERS, WOODARD, DECUIR and AMY, JJ.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff, Robert Tatum, appeals the trial court's grant of the defendant's exception of jurisdiction. The trial court found that the plaintiff could not bring a La.R.S. 22:1220 claim in a Louisiana court where the underlying claim, a tort action, could not have been brought within this state but, instead, only in Texas, the situs of the accident. We affirm.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

This appeal arose from a suit brought under the...

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