THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.
Fourteen plaintiffs, who were exposed to Citgo Petroleum Corporation's slop oil and waste water release, assert that the trial court erred in its assessment of damages. We find—because a defendant is liable for all the costs associated with a plaintiff's surgery if the defendant's actions accelerated the need for that surgery—that the trial court misapplied the law by awarding only a portion of damages incurred by one of the...
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