Opinion
NO. 2016 CW 1458
02-23-2017
WILLIAM E BARTEL AND DAVID C. PEEBLES, AS ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE ESTATE OF NATHAN A. EBANKS, SR. v. CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, INC. AND RIO GRANDE TRANSPORTATION, INC.; APEX OIL COMPANY, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO TRINIDAD CORPORATION; HESS CORPORATION, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO AMERADA HESS CORPORATION AND HESS, INC.; CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY AND JOHN CRANE, INC.
In Re: Hess Corporation, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 642,993. BEFORE: PETTIGREW, McDONALD, AND CALLOWAY, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED; EXCEPTION OF LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION MAINTAINED; JUDGMENT REVERSED; MOTION FOR STAY DENIED AS MOOT. Concluding that the trial court erred in its November 2, 2016 judgment in overruling Hess Corporation's declinatory exception of lack of personal jurisdiction, we reverse the ruling of the trial court. See Delahoussaye v. Boelter, 15-17 90 (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/28/16), 199 So.3d 633, 637, writ denied, 16-01626 (La. 11/18/16). We maintain Hess Corporation's declinatory exception of lack of personal jurisdiction and dismiss the claims of William E. Bartel and David C. Peebles, as administrators for the Estate of Nathan A. Ebanks, Sr., filed against Hess Corporation in their initial Petition for Damages, with prejudice.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
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Calloway, J., serving as judge pro tempore of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.