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CARREON v. CAL-TEX PHILIPPINES, INC.

No. 2002-CA-1307.

854 So.2d 400 (2003)

Sivirino CARREON, Bulig-Bulig Kita Kamaganak Association, Renato Asistorga, Pedro B. Sorima, Arnel N. Galang, Elsa Montiagodo, Erasto Maghacut, Isabel Magno, Lorita Acosta, Acebedo Violeta, Sabulao Faiyaz, Julieta Benaso, Escolastica Baldo, Jose Baguhin v. CAL-TEX PHILIPPINES, INC., Cal-Tex Petroleum, Corp., Cal-Tex Asia, Ltd. Cal-Tex Oil Corp., California Texas Oil Corp., Cal-Tex Philippines Petroleum Company, Inc., Cal-Tex Trading and Transport Corp., Steamship Mutual, Vector Shipping Corp., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Order Granting Limited Rehearing August 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Maloney, Maloney, Martin & Mitchell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, and Stevan C. Dittman, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

John A. Barrett, William R. Pakalka, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, and Donald R. Abaunza, William W. Pugh, III, Thomas P. Diaz, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Caltex (Philippines), Inc., Caltex Petroleum Corp., Caltex (Asia) Limited, Caltex Oil Corp. (Delaware), California Texas Oil Corp., Caltex Philippines Petroleum Co., Inc., and Caltex Trading and Transport Corp.

John A. Bolles, Janet Wessler Marshall, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Limited.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS JR.).

MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

This case arises from a collision between a Philippine passenger ferry and a Philippine tanker in waters off the coast of the Republic of the Philippines on December 20, 1987. A fiery explosion following the collision resulted in a very large number of deaths and injuries. All of the named plaintiffs in this matter are citizens and residents of the Philippines, and none of the named defendants is a Louisiana corporation. However, plaintiffs...

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