UMC, INC. v. Arthur Bros., Inc.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is a venue case. Plaintiff is Theodore Hernandez, whose original suit alleged, inter alia, negligence against UMC, Inc. (“UMC”), Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (“Jacobs”), and Taunton Engineering Co., Inc. UMC and Jacobs are appellants herein. Neither plaintiff nor Taunton Engineering Co. are parties to this appeal.

Appellants filed a third-party claim for contribution or indemnity against appellee Arthur Brothers, Inc., alleging negligence. Appellee filed its plea of privilege, from which this appeal arose, to the third-party suit, requesting transfer of that…