Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. Meridian Res. & Exploration LLC
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 6, 2017No. NUMBER 2016 CA 1545PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuidry, J.
*612Plaintiffs appeal a judgment dismissing a portion of their claims against the defendants pursuant to the defendants' invocation of a choice of law provision, which the defendants first raised twelve years after the commencement of litigation between the parties. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 1, 2004, Hawkeye Energy, Inc., H.L. Hawkins, Jr., Inc., and H.L. Hawkins, III and John C. Lovell Jr., as co-executors of the Succession of H.L. Hawkins, Jr. (collectively "plaintiffs"), filed a petition for damages against The Meridian Resource and…
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