LYCON, INC. v. WEATHERFORD ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYS.

No. 02-318.

827 So.2d 1283 (2002)

LYCON, INC. v. WEATHERFORD ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Gerald Durio, Robert Louis Broussard, Durio, McGoffin, Stagg, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Lycon, Inc., Ron Massicot, R. Gregory Maxwell.

Patrick A. Juneau, Thomas Randolph Juneau, Sue Nations, The Juneau Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Michael S. Juenke.

Richard N. Carrell, Kirk D. Dreyer, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants/Appellees, Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Michael S. Juenke.

Court composed of Chief Judge NED E. DOUCET, JR., HENRY L. YELVERTON, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


YELVERTON, J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a federal judgment rendered in the case is res judicata to subsequently-filed state law claims when the federal judgment granted summary judgment as to the federal claim and dismissed the pendant state law claims without prejudice.

FACTS

Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Inc. (Weatherford) manufactures artificial gas lift equipment, which is used to enhance recovery from producing reservoirs...

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