Forum Shopping Curtailed: Venue Limited to Parish Where Drilling Rig Was Lost
The Energy Law
MAY 10, 2016
Concordia Parish was not a proper venue as to any of the defendants pursuant to Louisiana’s general venue rules prescribed by Code of Civil Procedure article 42. This holding is consistent with the jurisprudence that Article 74 must be strictly construed. However, the Third Circuit explained that Article 76.1 2d 12, 18-19 (La.
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