Legal Opinion
Lancer Insurance v. Patel
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided May 1, 2000No. Civ.A. 00-0090PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
LITTLE, Chief Judge.
Before this court is defendants Bhavesh and Nina Patels’ (“the Patels”) motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons that follow, the motion is DENIED.
I. Background
On 24 May 1997, Bhavesh and Nina Patel boarded a bus in Orlando, Florida en route to Texas. Members of the Patel family had chartered the bus, owned by First Class Coach Inc. (“First Class Coach”), a Florida corporation, in order to attend a relatives’ wedding in Texas. While traveling near Natchitoches, Louisiana, the bus driver fell asleep at the…
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