Matthews v. United Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. Doctor Pipe

Judge Terri F. Love

| jThis instant application for supervisory review arises from injuries and damages suffered from a car accident. Plaintiff filed suit in Orleans Parish. Defendants filed an exception of improper venue. Plaintiff then amended her petition to add two additional defendants. Defendants contended that plaintiff fraudulently added a defendant to achieve proper venue status. Defendants also asserted that plaintiff sued her uninsured motorist carrier in bad faith. The trial court denied the exception and found that defendants failed to prove that the defendant was fraudulently…