EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY v. AMERADA HESS CORP.

No. 2009-CA-0298.

47 So.3d 428 (2010)

EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY, INC. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Order Granting Rehearing April 21, 2010.

Opinion Granting Rehearing and Vacating Opinion September 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray, Sr. , Arthur M. Murray , Stephen B. Murray, Jr. , Korey A. Nelson , Murray Law Firm, and Stuart H. Smith , Michael G. Stag , Lloyd S. Jolibois, Jr. , Robert D. McMillin , Smith Stag, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc.

Mary S. Johnson , Jill T. Losch , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, Mandeville, LA, and Thomas M. McNamara , Johnson Gray Mcnamara, LLC, Lafayette, LA, and Chad J. Mollere , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Shell Oil Company, Shell Offshore Inc., Swepi LP, and Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corporation.

F. Henri Lapeyre, Jr. , Etienne C. Lapeyre , Lapeyre and Lapeyre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Berry Petroleum Company.

Patrick A. Talley, Jr. , Louis M. Grossman , Frilot L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Thomas A. Rayer, Jr. , Michael H. Bagot, Jr. , Jonathan D. Shaver , Wagner & Bagot, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Patterson Truck Line, Inc.

Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr. , Meryl McLendon , Leblanc Bland, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, and Elizabeth S. Wheeler , Amanda N. Moeller , Leblanc Bland, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Hess Corporation.

Glen M. Pilie , Martin A. Stern , Ronald J. Sholes , Roland M. Vandenweghe, Jr. , Lauren J. Delery , Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Christoffer C. Friend , Brett F. Willie , Susan R. Laporte , Curry & Friend, APLC, New Orleans, LA, for Oxy USA, Inc.

Dale P. Martin , Martin Law Firm, Broussard, LA, for Ace Transportation LLC, Dynasty Transportation LLC, Venture Transport Logistics, L.L.C., and Venture Transport Logistics Holdings, L.L.C.

Stanley A. Millan , Judith V. Windhorst , Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, and Olivia S. Regard, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, for Packard Truck Lines, Inc.

Thomas L. Gaudry, Jr. , Michael D. Peytavin , Gaudry Ranson Higgins & Gremillion, L.L.C., Gretna, LA, for ACME Truck Line, Inc.

Thomas E. Balhoff , Judith R. Atkinson , Carlton Jones, III , Roedel Parsons Koch Blache Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, for Intracoastal Tubular Services, Inc.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge PAUL A. BONIN).


TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal arises from the sale of land to the plaintiff, who later discovered that the land was allegedly contaminated with radioactive material. The plaintiff sought relief against the former landowners and the oil and trucking companies allegedly responsible for the contamination. The trial court granted the oil and trucking companies' exceptions of no right of action. We find that the trial court did not err, as the plaintiff has no right...

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