AUSAMA v. FRONTIER PUBLIC COACH TOURS, INC.

No. 97 CA 1271.

712 So.2d 653 (1998)

Terry AUSAMA, Joan B. Broussard, Carol J. Butler, Mary Ethel Butler, Esther Calloway and her Husband, Freddie Calloway, Darlene E. Carbins and her Husband, Christopher Carbins, Floyd Carbins, Jr., Jacqueline L. Carbins, Tonia Ronell Carbins, Shirley J. Francis, Michael P. Granger, Sr., and his Wife, Phyllis P. Granger, Margie C. Johnson and her Husband, Alvin Johnson, Jr., Chriss G. Knight and her Husband, Ernest Knight, Marvin Joe Lewis, Dorothy Carbins Livas, Carolyn B. Long and Reginald Long, Sr., Husband and Wife, Keith J. McGee, Sr., and Sherri B. McGee, Husband and Wife, Joelle J. Seymore, Rosetta W. Triggs, Andrew Washington and Ursula J. Washington, Husband and Wife, and Barbara S. Turner and her Husband, Roland Turner, Sr. v. FRONTIER PUBLIC COACH TOURS, INC., Clarendon National Insurance Company, Jessie W. Soley, First Pentecostal Church of Hammond, Inc., Carl West, and Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Ramsey, Jr., Morgan City, for Plaintiffs—Appellees.

Marvin Hall Metairie, for Defendants— Appellants Clarendon Insurance Co. and Frontier Public Coach Tours, Inc.

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


FOGG, Judge.

In this suit for damages, the salient issues raised by an exception of improper venue are whether a plaintiff's uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier and a tortfeasor are solidary obligors, and whether a plaintiff's uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier and a tortfeasor's liability carrier are solidary obligors.

This case involves an alleged bus accident that occurred in Lafayette, Louisiana, on or about July 22, 1995. There were approximately...

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