1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 811 So.2d
  5. 811 So.2d 1135 (2002)
 

DOERR v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

No. 2001-CA-0775.

811 So.2d 1135 (2002)

Phyllis Kay Roby Doerr, Wife of/and Kenneth John DOERR, Juliette D. Loverde, Donna Jo Topey Loverde Wife of/and Kenneth L. Loverde, Individually and on Behalf of their Minor Child, Kaye Lee Loverde v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION and Chalmette Refining, L.L.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney D. Torres, III, Roberta L. Burns, Law Offices of Sidney D. Torres, III, Chalmette, LA, Irving J. Warshauer, Gerald E. Meunier, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, and Gilbert V. Andry, III, Andry & Andry, APLC, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Robert B. McNeal, James F. Shuey, Monique Svenson, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Mobile Oil Corporation and Chalmette Refining, L.L.C.

J. Wayne Mumphrey, Wayne B. Mumphrey, Law Offices of J. Wayne Mumphrey, Chalmette, LA, for St. Bernard Parish Government.

Court Composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, and Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.

TOBIAS, Judge.

This class action lawsuit arises out of an alleged discharge of oil and grease and other contaminants from a Mobil Oil Corporation refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana, into the Mississippi River in January 1998. Following the discharge, these contaminants were allegedly drawn into the St. Bernard Parish water system and then distributed to users throughout the parish of St. Bernard. The defendants, St. Bernard Parish Government ("St. Bernard"), Mobil Oil...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases