ROBERTS v. MURPHY OIL CORP.

No. 90-CA-0399.

577 So.2d 308 (1991)

Theodore R. ROBERTS, et al. v. MURPHY OIL CORPORATION and Louisiana State Department of Transportation and Development.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer N. Willis, Cater & Willis, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Peter A. Feringa, Jr., John F. Olinde, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Gregory J. Lannes, Jr., Louisiana Dept. of Transp. and Development, Chalmette, for defendant-appellee.

Deborah F. Cottrell, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for 3rd party defendant-appellee.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Plaintiff, Theodore Roberts and other residents of Jacob Drive in St. Bernard Parish filed a petition for damages and injunctive relief on July 7, 1982 against defendants Murphy Oil Corporation (Murphy) and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). Plaintiffs alleged that their homes sustained flood damage on May 3, 1978, April 13, 1980 and April 25, 1982, when surface water failed to drain in their neighborhood during heavy...

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