HEBERT v. MARINE

No. 98-1200

737 So.2d 818 (1999)

Donald HEBERT, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Bradford MARINE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Broussard, for Donald Hebert.

John Felton Blackwell, New Iberia, for Bradford Marine.

BEFORE: COOKS, SAUNDERS, and GREMILLION, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

This is an appeal from the lower court's denial of an Exception of Improper Venue. Donald Hebert, hereinafter "Plaintiff," brought suit under the "savings to suitors" clause in Vermilion Parish against his employer, Bradford Marine, Inc. and its insurer, hereinafter "Defendant," to recover damages arising from an offshore accident. Plaintiff was thrown from a vessel onto a platform located within Vermilion Block 46 in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast...

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