Dufort v. Aqueos Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JEREMY MICHAEL DUFORT CIVIL ACTION VERSUS No. 20-345 AQUEOS CORPORATION SECTION I ORDER & REASONS Before the Court is defendant Aqueos Corporation’s (“Aqueos”) motion1 to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). For the following reasons, the motion is denied. I. This litigation arises from lower back injuries that plaintiff, Jeremy M. Dufort (“Dufort”), allegedly sustained as a commercial diver and Jones Act seaman in September…