ARCADIAN CORPORATION, et al.,
v.
OLIN CORPORATION, et al. (Industrial Risk Insurers and Reliance National Insurance Company).
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 8, 2002.
Rehearing Denied June 19, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Caleb H. Didriksen, III, Didriksen Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Lloyds, London, and AssicurazioniGenerali, S.p.A., Lexington Insurance Company.
Thomas M. Bergstedt, Bergstedt & Mount, Lake Charles, LA, Annette Natalie Peltier, Bergstedt & Mount, Lake Charles, LA, Joel K. Goldman, Bruce Moothart, Husch & Eppenberger, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant/Appellee Olin Corporation.
Huntington Blair Downer, Jr., Houma, LA, for Insurance Company of North America.
R. Joshua Koch, Jr., Spyridon, Koch & Palermo, Metairie, LA, James R. Sutterfield, Hoffman, Sutterfield, et al, New Orleans, LA, Stephen T. Perkins, Cavalier Telephone, LLC, Richmond, VA, Ralph D. McBride, Ileana M. Blanco, Bracewell & Patterson, Richard Sanders, Houston, TX, for Arcadian Partners, L.P., Arcadian Corporation, Arcadian Fertilizer, L.P.
Joseph J. Lowenthal, Jr., Stewart Earl Niles, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Schoeller-Bleckmann Gesellschaftm.b.H.
Dermot S. McGlinchey, Colvin Gamble Norwood Jr., McGlinchey, Stafford, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, for Stamicarbon NV and DSM NV.
Terrence Charles McRea, Zelle, Hofmann, etc., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff/Appellant Gan Minster Ins. Co., Ltd., Phoenix Assurance Co., Zurich Insurance Co., Starr Technical Risks Agency of Texas, Assurances Generales de France IART, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., Riunione, Adriatica Di Sicurta, Industrial Risk Insurers/RelianceNational Ins. Co., Commonwealth Ins. Co., The Home Ins. Co.
Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judge.
The plaintiffs, Industrial Risk Insurers and Reliance National Insurance Company (Industrial Risk), appeal the jury's verdict finding no liability on the part of the defendant, Olin Corporation, with regard to the sale and subsequent failure of a urea reactor at Arcadian Corporation's chemical plant in Westlake, Louisiana. For the following reasons, we affirm.
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