Shelter Mutual Insurance Company v. Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. of Louisiana

Supreme Court of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #035 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 1st day of July, 2014, are as follows: BY JOHNSON, C.J.: 2013-CC-1977 SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. RIMKUS CONSULTING GROUP, INC. OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette) Accordingly, for the foregoing reasons, the judgments of the lower courts overruling Rimkus’ declinatory exception of venue are reversed. REVERSED AND RENDERED. VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons. KNOLL, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Justice Victory. WEIMER,…