21.11.2008

Deep South seeks to move legal battle

Deep South Crane and Rigging is seeking to have 39 law suits resulting from the fatal accident, involving its 2,500 tonne crane this July, moved from Jefferson County to Houston.
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Houston lawyers Terry Bryant and Robert Kennedy along with eleven other lawyers, representing two estates and 37 individuals have sued Deep South and Lyondell & Houston Refining and sought to establish Jefferson County as the venue for the trials, by claiming that Deep South is a Jefferson County business, because its Texas office is located there.

Deep South, which is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana maintains that its Jefferson County office is not a principal office and that any litigation should be heard in Houston, which is Harris County and the location of the accident.

Jefferson County District Judge Gary Sanderson has set a December 5th hearing on Deep South's motion to transfer the suits.