Legal Opinion
Delacruz v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 3, 2014No. 2014-CA-0433PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.
J^Plaintiffs-appellants, Billy Delacruz, Louis Perkins and David East, Jr. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), appeal the district court’s denial of their Motion to Set Aside Judgment of Dismissal and the trial court’s judgment dismissing this lawsuit as abandoned. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the ruling, reverse the dismissal, reinstate the case, and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
On March 10, 2004, Plaintiffs filed a Seaman’s Complaint against defendant-ap-pellee, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (“APC”). According to the Complaint, on October 18, 2003,…
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