Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. J. Ray McDermott, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 19, 1999No. 99-C-0840PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
hPLOTKIN, Judge.
This writ presents a res nova issue. We must decide how to determine a foreign corporation’s primary place of business under La. C.C.P. art. 42(4). For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court judgment and hold that J. Ray McDer-mott, Inc.’s primary place of business is in Assumption Parish.
Plaintiff, Kentrell Dorsey was injured on a lay barge on August 24, 1997. At the time, he was employed by J. Ray McDer-mott, Inc. Plaintiff filed suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans against J. Ray McDermott, Inc. alleging damages under the Jones Act and the…
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