Jones v. Massachusetts Bay Insurance Co.

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY: Once the trial court sustained the third party defendant’s exception of improper venue, and ordered the third party demand transferred to Caddo Parish, it was an abuse of discretion for the trial court to refuse to grant the plaintiffs’ motion to sever the third party demand from the principal demand.

Pursuant to R.S. 13:5104(B) a suit against a political subdivision, including a third party demand, must be filed in the district court having jurisdiction in the parish where the political subdivision is located or in the district court having jurisdiction in…