BERNARD v. BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY

No. CW 07-1314.

981 So.2d 74 (2008)

Sandra Duhon BERNARD, et al. v. BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald T. Carmouche, Victor L. Marcello, John H. Carmouche, William R. Coenen, III, John S. DuPont, III, Brian T. Carmouche, Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Gonzales, Louisiana, Chad E. Mudd, Mudd & Bruchhaus, L.L.C., H. David Vaughan, II, Ellen B. Cogswell, Plauché, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Respondents, Sandra Bernard Duhon, et al.

Patrick S. Ottinger, Paul J. Hebert, Mark D. Sikes, Stuart M. Simoneaud, Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C., Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Relator, KCS Resources, Inc.

George Arceneaux, III, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants, Midgard Energy Company, and Range Production Company of Delaware.

John Michael Vernon, Jere Jay Bice, Bice, Palermo & Vernon, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendants, BP America Production Company, BP Corporation North America, Inc., and Pan American Petroleum Corporation.

Robert J. Burns, Jr., Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendants, Petroleum Resource Management Co., and CTO Investments.

A.J. Gray, III, Bart R. Yakupzack, The Gray Law Firm, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendants, River Oaks Exploration, Inc., Jack Lawton, Inc., William B. Lawton Company, Inc., Raville Resources, Inc., Yentzen Investments, Inc., and William T. Burton Industries, Inc.

Michael J. Mazzone, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, for Defendant, Nortex Corporation.

Charles A. Mouton, Mahtook & Lafleur, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant, Sunoco.

Brett Page Furr, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant, Kerrco, Inc.

Court composed of MARC T. AMY, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


GENOVESE, J.

Defendant-Relator, KCS Resources, Inc., in this counter writ application, contends that the application for supervisory writs filed by Plaintiffs-Respondents in Sandra Duhon Bernard, et al. v. BP America Production Co., et al., 07-1249 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/2/08), 981 So.2d 73, 2008 WL 867110, was not timely filed and should be dismissed. However, the record indicates that the Plaintiffs' writ was in fact timely...

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