Van Pelt v. Best Workover, Inc.

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order sustaining a plea to the jurisdiction of the court by a Louisiana corporation in a suit filed by a Texas resident for injuries sustained while working on a rig in navigable waters off the coast of Louisiana. We affirm.

Best Workover, Inc. is a Louisiana corporation with its office in Houma, Louisiana. The Appellant acknowledges that Appellee has no shareholders, bank accounts, leases, real property, loans or stock in Texas. In its findings, the trial court found that Best does not advertise in any Texas or national publication and that…