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DEMPSTER v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 99-CA-2198.

753 So.2d 330 (2000)

Melien J. DEMPSTER, Sr. v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn Smith Rodrigue, Steven M. Jupiter, LeBlanc, Maples & Waddell, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee Melien J. Dempster, Sr.

Gordon P. Wilson, Claude F. Bosworth, Carolyn B. Hennesy, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Travelers Ins. Co.

Robert E. Caraway, III, Wendy K. Lappenga, Kenan S. Rand, Jr., Plauche, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for American Motorists Ins. Co.

Samuel M. Rosamond, III, Fleming & Rosamond, Metairie, Louisiana, Counsel for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Philip J. Borne, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Highlands Ins. Co.

Court composed of Chief Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY.

KLEES, Chief Judge.

Appellants were sued under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, La.Rev.Stat. Ann. 22:655, in Orleans Parish. In response to this petition, appellants filed a declinatory exception of improper venue, which was overruled by the trial court. Appellants filed a timely appeal seeking review of the trial court's decision as to the proper venue for this action. For the reasons stated more fully herein, we affirm the trial court's judgment.

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