FOIL, J.
This appeal challenges a trial court's judgment awarding property damages to numerous persons residing along Bayou Lafourche in connection with a chemical spill in the Mississippi River. We find that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the defendant acted negligently in its handling of a benzene spill under all of the circumstances of this case, and we reverse.
BACKGROUND
On March 17, 1999, at about 5:00 p.m., the M/V F.R. Bigelow, was traveling...
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