Judge Transfers Land Owner’s Third-Party Suit Against Cleanup Company

Mealey's (August 7, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on July 31 transferred a land owner’s breach of contract suit against an environmental cleanup company to Illinois federal court, finding that contracts between the parties contain a forum-selection clause that requires disputes to be resolved in a court in that state (KFC Corp. v. Iron Horse of Metairie Road LLC, et al., No. 16-16791, E.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127790)....