ADAMS v. GREFER

No. 15-31091.

EARL A. ADAMS, JR.; ALFRED ALEXANDER; JENELL ANTOINE; PAUL J. ARMAND; ALICIA AUGUSTE, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JOSEPH F. GREFER, Defendant-Appellant. CHEVRON USA, INCORPORATED; CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON; BISHOPSGATE INSURANCE LIMITED; CORNHILL INSURANCE, P.L.C.; HANSA MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY U. K. LIMITED; MINISTER INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED; NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED; OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED; SIRIUS INSURANCE COMPANY UK LIMITED; SKANDIA UK INSURANCE, P.L.C.; SPHERE DRAKE INSURANCE COMPANY UK LIMITED; TERRA NOVA INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED; VESTA UK INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED; YASUDA FIRE; MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF EUROPE LIMITED; ZURICH RE UK LIMITED; OILFIELD TESTERS, INCORPORATED; RIVERSTONE INSURANCE UK LIMITED, formerly known as Sphere Drake Insurance, P.L.C.; ALLIANZ INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED; YORKSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION; SEXTON OIL; MINERAL CORPORATION; INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INCORPORATED; ALPHA TECHNICAL SERVICES, INCORPORATED; OFS, INCORPORATED; BP EXPLORATION; OIL, INCORPORATED; BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, formerly known as Amoco Production Company; BP EXPLORATION; PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED; ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY; CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY; ANADARKO U.S. OFFSHORE CORPORATION, formerly known as Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corporation; MOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCING US, INCORPORATED; RATHBORNE COMPANIES, L.L.C.; RATHBORNE LAND COMPANY, L.L.C.; RATHBORNE PROPERTIES, L.L.C.; TUBULAR CORPORATION; JOHN GANDY, INCORPORATED; ARCO OIL; GAS COMPANY; L B FOSTER COMPANY; 51 OIL COMPANY; SHELL OFFSHORE, INCORPORATED; SHELL OIL COMPANY; SWEPI, L.P.; TEXACO, INCORPORATED; MARATHON OIL COMPANY; TRANSCO EXPLORATION COMPANY, as successor of Exchange Oil; Gas Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: February 16, 2016.


In 2002, the plaintiffs filed a mass action suit against the defendants in Louisiana state court. The suit alleged personal injury and property damage from contamination exposure. The plaintiffs filed amended and supplemental petitions in January 2004, January 2015, and August 2015. After the August 2015 amendment...

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