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CHADWICK v. SHELL OIL CO.

Civ. A. No. 93-2163.

828 F.Supp. 26 (1993)

Lois CHADWICK, et al., v. SHELL OIL COMPANY.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Becnel, Landry & Becnel, Reserve, LA, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Fayard, Harris, Roethele & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, William Hugh Sibley, Sibley & McShan, Greensburg, LA, for plaintiffs.

Scott Edward Delacroix, Adams & Reese, Charles M. Raymond, Shell Oil Co., New Orleans, LA, for defendant.

ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs move to remand on the ground that the individual claims in this case do not exceed the jurisdictional amount of $50,000, and that aggregation of the punitive damages claims to create jurisdiction in this case would be improper. The Court agrees.

Background

This case involves the spill of sulfuric acid from a pipeline operated by Shell Oil Company at its Norco facility...

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