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COLEMAN v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

No. 20-40811.

19 F.4th 720 (2021)

Ledell COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED; Grand Isle Shipping, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew R. Gould , Cory Daniel Itkin, Esq. , Jason Aron Itkin, Esq. , Arnold & Itkin, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Andy Joseph Dupre , Dupre Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Ilijana Todorovic , Dupre Law Firm, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Wilson Taylor, Esq. , Jeffrey B. McClure , Cameron Phair Pope, Esq. , Raymond G. Randle, Jr. , Hunton Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated.

Kenneth G. Engerrand, I, Esq. , Attorney, Michael D. Williams , Brown Sims, P.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Grand Isle Shipping, L.L.C.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WILLETT, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

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