Whittaker PAPPION, et ux.
v.
The DOW CHEMICAL CO., et al.
United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 14, 1984.
September 14, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Provost, Umphrey, McPherson & Swearingen, Walter Umphrey, Port Arthur, Tex., for plaintiffs.
Jerry Kacal, Wyckoff, Russel, Dunn & Frazier, Houston, Tex., for Dow Chemical Co.
Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer & Pierson, New Orleans, La., for Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr.
Thomas M. Bergstedt, Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Mount & Veron, Lake Charles, La., for Moore & Munger, Inc.
L. Harvard Scott, III, and Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
John G. Bissell, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson & Bissell, Beaumont, Tex., for Union Carbide Corp.
David W. Ledyard, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson & Bissell, Beaumont, Tex., for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Robert W. Clements, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, La., for Shell Oil Co., Texaco, Cities Service, Sun Oil, Mobil Oil, BP Oil & Exxon.
John E. Bergstedt, Brame, Bergstedt & Brame, Lake Charles, La., for Monsanto Co.
Edmund E. Woodley, Woodley, Barnett, Cox, Williams, Fenet & Palmer, Lake Charles, La., for Cypress Indus. Minerals Co.
William T. McCall, Guillory & McCall, Lake Charles, La., Arthur R. Almquist, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for Uniroyal, Inc.
Michael S. O'Brien, Lafayette, La., for Ribelin Sales, Inc.
Dale Dowell, Rienstra, Rienstra & Dowell, Beaumont, Tex., for Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Robert Scott, Sewell & Riggs, Houston, Tex., for Penwalt Corp.
Frederick L. Cappel, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, La., for Milwhite Co., Inc.
William M. Nolen, Jones, Tete, Nolen, Hanchey, Swift & Spears, Lake Charles, La., for C.P. Hall Co.
John A. Bivins, Mouton & Roy, Lafayette, La., for Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc.
Randy J. Fuerst, Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, Lake Charles, La., for Nalco Chemical Co.
United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.
RULING
NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on a Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Claim for Punitive Damages pursuant to Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure filed by defendants E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and Ribelin Sales, Inc., joined in the same by defendants, Union Carbide Corporation, Uniroyal, Inc., Exxon Corporation, B.F. Goodrich Company and Mallinckrodt, Inc., on the grounds that said punitive damages...
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