Case Name: Diane TREME v. John DOE et al.; Ronald TREME v. John DOE et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-05-10
Citations: 295 So. 2d 8
Docket Number: No. 6234
Parties: Diane TREME v. John DOE et al. Ronald TREME v. John DOE et al.
Judges: Before LEMMON, and STOULIG, JJ., and BOURG, J. Pro Tem.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 295
Pages: 8–10

Head Matter:
Diane TREME v. John DOE et al. Ronald TREME v. John DOE et al.
No. 6234.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
May 10, 1974.
David A. Kattan, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, John J. Hainkel, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.
Before LEMMON, and STOULIG, JJ., and BOURG, J. Pro Tem.

Opinion:
STOULIG, Judge.
Plaintiffs, Diane Treme and Ronald Treme, each filed separate tort actions in the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, their domicile, seeking to recover damages sustained in an automobile accident which occurred in Red River Parish.
These suits were consolidated for trial purposes. Defendant Allstate Insurance Company moved for and after a contradictory hearing obtained a judgment granting a change of venue and ordering the cases transferred to Red River Parish, the locale of the accident. Plaintiffs have appealed, maintaining that the judgment granting a change of venue is invalid being in viola tion of the express provisions of LSA-C. C.P. art. 123.
We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. The judgment complained of is interlocutory in nature because it determines a preliminary matter, i. e. the issue of venue, and does not adjudicate the merits. (LSA-C.C.P. art. 1841) This court may only review final judgments or interlocutory judgments that cause irreparable injury. (LSA-C.C.P. art. 2083) No showing of irreparable injury has been made. See Communication C. Net., Inc. v. Burger Chef of La., Inc., 291 So.2d 849 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1974).
For the foregoing reasons the appeal is dismissed; all costs to be borne by the appellants.
Appeal dismissed.
LEMMON, J., dissents with written reasons.
. Two other suits arising out of the same accident but with different plaintiffs were filed in the 19th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. These actions were consolidated and ordered transferred to Red River Parish, prior to the rendition of judgment in , the instant matters.