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SMITH v. ARCADIAN CORP.

No. 95-97.

657 So.2d 464 (1995)

Joseph L. SMITH, III, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARCADIAN CORPORATION, Arcadian Fertilizer, L.P., et al., Defendant-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.J. McKernan, for Joseph L. Smith, III et al.

R. Joshua Koch Jr., Gregory Preston Massey, James R. Sutterfield, Daniel A. Tadros, Ralph D. McBride, Ileana M. Blanco, Richard Sanders, for Arcadian Corp., et al.

Caleb H. Didriksen, III, Michael D. Carbo, Denise A. Bostick, for Lexington Ins. Co., et al.

Rudie Ray Soileau Jr., Randy Donato, for Phoenix Assurance PLC, et al.

Huntington Blair Downer Jr., for Insurance Co. of North America.

Terrence Charles McRea, for Industrial Risk Insurers, et al.

Allen L. Smith Jr., Stepheanie A. Landry, for Arthur G. McKee and Davey McKee.

Mark N. Bodin, for Stami-Carbon B.V., Stami-Carbon N.V. & DSM N.V.

William Joseph Mize, David Ross Frohn, for Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and THIBODEAUX and PETERS, JJ.

DOUCET, Chief Judge.

These ten consolidated cases concern the applicability of the peremptive period provided in La.R.S. 9:2772 to claims arising out of the failure of a high pressure reactor used in a fertilizer plant.

In 1964, Olin Corporation (Olin) contracted with Arthur G. McKee, Inc. (predecessor to Davy-McKee & Company) to design a urea production plant at the Olin facility in Westlake, Louisiana. The project included a urea autoclave, a high pressure...

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