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ETHYL CORP. v. GULF STATES UTILITIES, INC.

No. 2001 CA 2230.

836 So.2d 172 (2002)

ETHYL CORPORATION v. GULF STATES UTILITIES, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied December 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Guerry, Michael A. Patterson, Jennifer J. Vosburg, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs—Appellee Ethyl Corporation.

Kenneth P. Carter, W.T. Tete, Eugene G. Taggart, Terrence G. O'Brien, Stephen T. Perrien, New Orleans, John A. Braymer, Baton Rouge, for Defendant—Appellant Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

Before: FOIL, FOGG, and KLINE, JJ.

FOGG, J.

On appeal in this action for negligent misrepresentation, the defendant raises issues of subject matter jurisdiction, prescription, and liability. For the following reasons, we affirm, as amended.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ethyl Corporation is a Virginia corporation that, among other things, produces specialty industrial and petroleum chemicals. Ethyl operated a chemical plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1942 to 1986. The plant was...

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