SANDBOM v. BASF WYANDOTTE, CORP.

No. 95 CA 0335.

674 So.2d 349 (1996)

Timothy H. SANDBOM v. BASF WYANDOTTE, CORP.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John deGravelles, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Timothy M. Sandbom.

Gary Bezet, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant, BASF Wyandotte Corp.

Judy Atkinson, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee, Hartford Ins. Co., Twin City Fire Ins. Co., Aetna Casualty & Surety.

John L. Dardenne, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee, La. Environmental Sales/Third Party.

Mark S. Taylor, Metairie, Intervenor/Aetna Casualty.

Before CARTER and PITCHER, JJ., and CRAIN, J. Pro Tem.


HILLARY J. CRAIN, Judge Pro Tem.

In this personal injury action, Timothy Sandbom alleges he was injured when exposed to chemicals while cleaning a reservoir storage tank at the BASF Corporation (BASF) chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana.

The Geismar plant contains an MDI unit which manufactures the chemical methyl diphenyl isocyanate (MDI). The chemicals which leak or spill out of storage vessels in the MDI unit, as well as rainwater which may become...

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