BELWISE AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS, INC. v. LEMKE

No. CW05-69.

904 So.2d 940 (2005)

BELWISE AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS, INC., et al v. Paul A. LEMKE, III, Jack F. Owens, Jr. and Continental Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Parker, III, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Continental Casualty Company, Paul A. Lemke, III, Jack F. Owens, Jr.

Charles D. Elliott, Faircloth, Vilar & Elliott, Alexandria, LA, Belwise Aquaculture Systems, Inc., Jimmie Belgard, Trudy Tyler Belgard.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, MARC T. AMY, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiffs filed suit for legal malpractice in Rapides Parish. The defendant filed an exception of improper venue, asserting that venue was appropriate only in the parish of his legal practice, Catahoula Parish. The trial court overruled the exception. The defendant filed an application for supervisory writs. The matter was designated for the rendition of a writ opinion. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court, maintain the exception...

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