THIBODEAUX v. UNION TANK CAR CO.

No. 89-C-0969.

547 So.2d 763 (1989)

Kim H. THIBODEAUX, et al. v. UNION TANK CAR COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Cates, IV, Marsha M. McKendall, Carter & Cates, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Robert E. Barkley, Jr., Arnd N. Von Waldow, Sessions, Fishman, Boisfontaine, Nathan, Winn, Butler & Barkley, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

John M. Roper, Exxon Corp., New Orleans, for defendant/appellee.

Before BYRNES, CIACCIO and BECKER, JJ.


BECKER, Judge.

The third party defendant, Union Tank Car Company (U.T.C.) seeks supervisory writs from an interlocutory judgment of the trial court denying relator's exception of improper venue.

Plaintiffs filed a tort claim in Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (F.E. L.A.) to recover damages sustained as a result of the death of Leon Thibodeaux which allegedly occurred in the scope and course of his employment...

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