GALJOUR v. GENERAL AMERICAN TANK CAR CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 87-5003, 88-787 and 88-3979.

769 F.Supp. 953 (1991)

Cynthia GALJOUR, et al. v. GENERAL AMERICAN TANK CAR CORPORATION, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

On Motion for Partial Summary Judgement July 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, La., Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, La., Gary Michael Pendergast, Pendergast & Richards, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

John P. Manard, Jr., Sallye Goodwin Webb, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, La., for Gen. American Transp. Corp.

Benjamin Richard Slater, Jr., Benjamin Richard Slater, III, Mark Edward Van Horn, Charles Arne Nunmaker, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for Norfolk Southern Corp., New Orleans Terminal Co., and Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co.

Harry Simms Hardin, III, Raymond Joseph Salassi, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for CSX Transp., Inc.

Frederick William Bradley, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for GATX Terminals Corp.

George James Richaud, Young, Richaud, Theard & Myers, New Orleans, La., for Mitsui & Co. (USA) Inc.

David Stuart Kelly, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for Illinois Central R. Co.

James G. Burke, Jr., Andrew C. Wilson, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, La., for Phillips Petroleum Co. and Phillips 66 Co.

Dermot S. McGlinchey, Eric Shuman, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for Polysar Latex and Polysar Ltd.

Daniel Lund, Timothy Farrow Daniels, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, La., for AMF-BRD Inc.

Eileen R. Lintz Madrid, Rice, Fowler, Kingsmill, Vance, Flint & Booth, New Orleans, La., Frank A. Piccolo, Abbott, Best & Meeks, New Orleans, La., for Laboratory Services Inc.

Joseph L. Shea, Jr., Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow, Shreveport, La., for Riley Co., and Riley-Beaird Inc.

Ray A. Barlow, Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow, Shreveport, La., for Beaird Industries, Inc., Cashco Holdings, APAC Inc. and ATEC Inc.

William A. Percy, III, Jeffery Mark Lynch, Louisiana Dept. of Justice, David Anthony Dalia, Louisiana Office of Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., for Atty. Gen., State of La.


ORDER AND REASONS

MENTZ, District Judge.

The Court addresses here the motions filed by defendants, Phillips Petroleum Company, Phillips 66 Company (collectively Phillips), General American Transportation Corporation (GATC), Mitsui & Co., (U.S.A.), Inc. (Mitsui), and CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) for summary judgment on the plaintiffs' exemplary damages claims.1 For the reasons set for below, the motions are GRANTED.

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