Legal Opinion
Powell v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 5, 1997No. 97-C-1789PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
hPLOTKIN, Judge.
Defendant Exxon Corporation seeks supervisory review of a trial court judgment denying its exception of improper venue. We grant certiorari, but affirm the trial court judgment denying the exception.
*359Plaintiff Charles Powell filed suit in Orleans Parish against Exxon and other defendants, alleging injury caused by asbestos exposure. Powell’s claim against Exxon is based on the Jones Act, unseaworthiness, and general negligence; specifically, Powell claims that he was exposed to asbestos while he was an Exxon employee working as a field maintenance man between 1955 and 1976. As…
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- Paul v. WilcoxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
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