Torch, Inc. v. Michael P. Leblanc

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Torch, Inc. (“Torch”), a Louisiana corporation with its principal offices in Louisiana, complains that the district court abused its discretion by dismissing its declaratory judgment action. Finding no such abuse of discretion, we AFFIRM.

I

While in the employ of Torch as a seaman, Michael P. LeBlanc allegedly sustained injuries on two separate occasions: (i) on February 21, 1989, off the coast of Texas, and (ii) on April 24, 1989, while working near the coast of Louisiana.

Torch filed a (preventative) limitation proceeding in federal district court on or about…