TAYLOR v. TIDEWATER, INC.

No. 2004 CA 0132.

906 So.2d 604 (2005)

Craig TAYLOR v. TIDEWATER, INC. and British Petroleum, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied May 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronna M. Steele, Gretna, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Craig Taylor.

Bobby J. Delise, Alton J. Hall, Jr., Patrick M. Amedee, Metairie, Counsel for Intervenor Delise, Amedee & Hall.

Melissa L. Theriot, Cliffe E. Laborde, III, Lafayette, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Tidewater, Inc.

Before: WHIPPLE, DOWNING and HUGHES, JJ.


DOWNING, J.

Tidewater, Inc. (Tidewater) appeals a judgment voluntarily dismissing Craig Taylor's personal injury claims without prejudice.1 Tidewater asserts in its only assignment of error that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing Taylor's petition because the dismissal may impair Tidewater's substantive right to a trial by jury should Taylor re-file his claims in federal court. For the following reasons, we affirm...

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