Sims v. Cefolia

I .WALTZER, Judge.

Defendants, St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited and Zurich Specialties London Limited, seek review of a judgment rendered on 16 December 1999, denying their declinatory exception of improper venue. We grant the application for supervisory jurisdiction, and we sustain the exception of improper venue. We remand the matter to the district court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The parents of two minors injured in an accident in Jefferson Parish on 3 December 1998 sued various defendants in Civil District Court in Orleans…