WIGGINS v. TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX

No. 2005-CA-1246.

935 So.2d 228 (2006)

Linda and Scotty WIGGINS, Individually and as Personal Representatives of their Deceased Son Thomas Jeffrey Wiggins v. TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX f/k/a R & B Falcon and Shell Exploration and Production Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Cerniglia, Sharp, Hymel, Cerniglia, Colvin, Weaver & Davis, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant (R & B Falcon Management Services, Inc.).

Timothy J. Young, N. Husted DeRussy, The Young Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

(Court composed of Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).


PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.

Defendant, R. & B. Falcon,1 takes this interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of its exception of improper venue. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

On June 15, 2001, the plaintiffs, Linda and Scotty Wiggins, filed suit in Orleans Parish Civil District Court against R. & B. Falcon and...

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