HARGIS EX REL. KREY v. JEFFERSON PARISH

No. 99-CA-0971.

748 So.2d 606 (1999)

William HARGIS and Tommy Hargis by and through their next of kin, Ms. Mary KREY v. JEFFERSON PARISH, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish Department of Public Utilities, Jefferson Parish Water Department, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Travis L. Bourgeois, Barham & Arceneaux New Orleans, Louisiana, Mitchell H. Tyner, Marrero, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Robert D. Nolan, Paul O. Dicharry, Sean D. Moore, Adams and Reese, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for BJ Services Company and Shell Oil Company Defendants/Appellees.

Byrne W. Dyer, III, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorney for Besco Chemical Corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

G. William Jarman, Linda S. Akchin, Charles S. McCowan, III, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowen, and Jarman, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for IMC Global, Inc. Defendant/Appellee.

Elton F. Duncan, III, Frank A. Piccolo, Kelly Sevin, Duncan & Courington, L.L.C. New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Southern Water Services, Inc. Defendant/Appellee.

Patrick A. Talley, Jr., Michael R. Phillips, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke, and Clements, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Chevron Chemical Company and Witco Corporation Defendants/Appellees.

Clare Willis Trinchard, Leigh Ann Schell, Trinchard & Trinchard, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Texaco, Inc. Defendant/Appellee.

Court composed of Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III.


McKAY, Judge.

The plaintiffs, William Hargis and Tommy Hargis by and through their next of kin, Ms. Mary Krey, appeal the trial court's judgment dismissing their action on the grounds of abandonment. We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On September 23, 1993, plaintiffs filed suit against numerous defendants injuries the plaintiffs allegedly sustained by ingesting and/or coming into contact with water...

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