IN RE EXXON COKER FIRE

No. 93-MS-2-B-2.

108 F.Supp.2d 628 (2000)

In re EXXON COKER FIRE

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

August 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Arsenault, Nesblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, Anthony David Irpino, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, LA, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Frank Tomeny, III, Tomeny & Fisher, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs.

Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Donna V. Yelverton, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, John R. Tharp, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, William R. Hurt, Exxon Company, USA, Law Department, Houston, TX, William Victor Courtney, Louise Van Meter White, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Covington, LA, for Exxon Corporation, defendants.


RULING ON PEREMPTION ISSUE

POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.

This action arises from a fire that occurred at the Exxon East Coker facility in 1993. Numerous claims have been filed against Exxon Corporation ("Exxon") in this Court seeking damages allegedly sustained as a result of the fire. Exxon filed an answer denying liability. In this same matter, Exxon also filed a third party claim against Foster Wheeler based...

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