DARBONNE v. EXXON CORP.

Nos. 94 CA 1935-94 CA 1937.

657 So.2d 598 (1995)

Lee DARBONNE v. EXXON CORPORATION, et al. Brent GAUTHREAUX, et al. v. EXXON, et al. LAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS, INC. v. EXXON CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Koeppel and Laurence E. Best, New Orleans, for appellants, Lee Darbonne, et ux and Brent Gauthreaux, et ux.

William V. Courtney, Louise V. White, New Orleans, and Nicholas F. Larocca, Jr., Morgan City, for appellee, Exxon Corp.

Scott R. Wheaton, Jr. and Samuel F. Reynolds, Jr., New Orleans, for United Tugs, Inc.

Steven J. Levine, J. Randall Trahan, Baton Rouge, and James B. Kemp, Jr., New Orleans, for Marmac Corp.

Charles E. Sutton, Jr. and Lance C. Ostendorf, Metairie, for intervenor, Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

Richard A. Cozad, New Orleans, for Land Treatment Systems, Inc.

Before GONZALES and PARRO, JJ., and REDMANN, J. Pro Tem.


GONZALES, Judge.

Mr. Lee Darbonne and Mr. Brent Gauthreaux filed separate but virtually identical suits against Exxon, McDonough Marine Service, United Tugs, Inc., Barge No. SBX 197, and the motor vessel M/V Dean Thomas, alleging that on or about April 30, 1989, Mr. Darbonne and Mr. Gauthreaux were working at a waste disposal site in St. Mary Parish owned and operated by Land Treatment Systems, Inc. (hereafter LTS), unloading materials from a barge in tow with the...

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