LEBLANC v. TEXAS BRINE CO., LLC

Civil Action No. 12-2059 & CONSOLIDATED CASES.

LISA T. LEBLANC, ET AL., v. TEXAS BRINE CO., LLC, ET AL. SECTION A(5).

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 18, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 33 U.S.C. § 1319
Cause: 33 U.S.C. § 1319 Clean Water Act
Nature of Suit: 360 P.I.: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton Shelby Easterly, Special Master, pro se.

Lisa T. Leblanc, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Autumn Alycia Town , Law Office of Autumn Town, LLC, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, David Blayne Honeycutt , Fayard & Honeycutt, Jennifer L. Crose , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Kevin Patrick Klibert , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Lana Ourso Chaney , Lana Ourso Chaney, Attorney at Law, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford, Matthew B. Moreland , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Richard Gerard Perque , Law Office of Richard G. Perque, LLC & Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm, LLC.

Nathan J. Leblanc, Beverly S. Vaughn & Jay M. Vaughn, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, represented by Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Autumn Alycia Town , Law Office of Autumn Town, LLC, Jennifer L. Crose , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Kevin Patrick Klibert , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Lana Ourso Chaney , Lana Ourso Chaney, Attorney at Law, Matthew B. Moreland , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Richard Gerard Perque , Law Office of Richard G. Perque, LLC & Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm, LLC.

John Hill, Katherine Blanchard, Cherie Blanchard, Ginger Vaughn, Allen Hill, Ethel Gaudet, David Blanchard, Ross Blanchard, Clint Vaughn, Louis Altizan, III & Linda Cavalier, Plaintiffs, represented by Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford, Matthew B. Moreland , Becnel Law Firm, LLC & Richard Gerard Perque , Law Office of Richard G. Perque, LLC.

Betty Cedotal, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey Michael Heggelund , Heggelund Law, LLC & Marvin Gros , Law Office of Marvin Gros.

Trinity Guilliot, individually and on behalf of Slade Guilliot Consol Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey Michael Heggelund , Heggelund Law, LLC & Marvin Gros , Law Office of Marvin Gros.

Charlotte Hebert, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey Michael Heggelund , Heggelund Law, LLC, Brian P. Marcelle , Huber, Slack, Thomas and Marcelle, Marvin Gros , Law Office of Marvin Gros & Stephen M. Huber , Huber, Slack, Thomas and Marcelle.

John Hill, Linda Hill, Ronnie Bryant, Ronnie Thibodaux, Betty Thibodaux, Wallace P. Cavalier & Linda Cavalier, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Scott R. Bickford , Martzell & Bickford, Gregory Alan Koury , Koury & Hill, APLC, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford & Spencer R. Doody , Martzell & Bickford.

Brandon Alleman, individually and on behalf of his minor children, Ashley Alleman, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Abbie Hue, individually and on behalf of her minor children, Henry Welch, Carolyn Welch, Grady Alleman, individually and on behalf of his minor child, Carla Alleman, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Jason P. Charlet, individually and on behalf of his minor children & Jason Hue, individually and on behalf of his minor child, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Ashton Devan Pardue , Pardue Law Firm, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, David Blayne Honeycutt , Fayard & Honeycutt, Hobart O. Pardue, Jr. , Law Office of Hobart Pardue, LLC & Wanda Jean Edwards , Fayard & Honeycutt.

Ernest Boudreaux, Jr., Scotty Bourg, Tammy Coupel, Warren Coupel, Sr., Nick Daigle, Zachary Fifer, Debbie Ishmael, Amber Kern, Cherish Kraemer, Brad Rohman, Tanner Rivere, Deborah Rousseau, Thomas Rousseau, Telesia Simoneaux, Diamond Gustave, Penny Hebert, Aimee Hebert, Mona Branum, Donald Calamia, Marla Calmia, Debra M. Charlet, Herman Charlet, Warren Coupel, Jr., Joelle M. Cox, May H. Daigre, Mike Daigre, Carl Dugas, Ramona Dugas, Clint A. Dupre, April Gaspard, Jonathan Gaspard, Jason Gregoire, Jennifer Gregoire, Cassie Gros, Alvin Gros, Preston P. Guilbeau, Victoria C. Guilbeau, Tina Guillot, Wesley Guillot, Bethany Hayden, Charlie Hayden, Christine Landry, Joseph Landry, Kenneth Marrory, Jim Parks, Patricia Parks, Donna Pipsair, Hayes Pipsair, Kai Pipsair, Rhett Pipsair, Michelle Rousseau, Randy Rousseau, Norman Setlewe, Carole Vincent, Marvin Vincent, Jamie Weber, Laser Construction, Automotive Remodeling, Town & Country Mini Storage, John Ruiz, Vera Ruiz, Robbie Daigle, individually and on behalf of the minor child Karlie Daigle, Tina Cavalier, individually and on behalf of the minor child Karlie Daigle, Tee's Silkscreening & Erica Lynn North, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Stephen M. Huber , Huber, Slack, Thomas and Marcelle & Brian P. Marcelle , Huber, Slack, Thomas and Marcelle.

Grand Bayou Management, LLC, Super Stop Enterprises, Inc., Robert Sunshine, L.L.C. & Roland J. Robert Distributor, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Timothy J. Poche , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Brian M. Chustz , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP & Thomas D. Gildersleeve , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP.

Dianne Sanchez, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, David Blayne Honeycutt , Fayard & Honeycutt, Heidi M. Gould , Heidi Mabile Gould, Attorney at Law, Lana Ourso Chaney , Lana Ourso Chaney, Attorney at Law, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford, Matthew B. Moreland , Becnel Law Firm, LLC & Richard Gerard Perque , Law Office of Richard G. Perque, LLC.

Michael Stewart, Casey Gilliot, Gertrude Sanchez, Justin Frey, Dorothy Blaine, Leah Payne, Robert Payne, Wineva Sanchez, Iris Alleman, Donna Alleman, Mary Elizabeth Rodriguez Russo, Henry Blanchard, Jacqueline Blanchard, Louis Blanchard, Edna Blanchard, Gerald Blanchard, Jeannette Blanchard, Courtney Sanchez, Dennis Sanchez, Angela Blanchard, Roberta Crochet, Lee Ann Crochet, Warren Blanchard, Jonell Blanchard, Helena Rivere, Dorren Landry, Circuit Grand Bayou, LLC, Donaldson Cavalier, Russell Cavalier, Sr., Larry Hue, Joe Daigle, Carolee Woodward, Evelyn Landry, Michael Landry, Lorraine Delatte, Arnold Blanchard, Sharon Blanchard, Arthur Blanchard, Justin Blanchard, Michael Blanchard, Elora Blanchard, Hubert Aucoin, Alicia Aucoin, Russell Aucoin, Sandra Aucoin, Fred Fernandez, Winnie Fernandez, Preston Landry, Terry Leonard, Christin Leonard, Lynn Mabile, Wilma Scioneaux, Katina Smith, Henry Christman, Russell Porrier & Pam Porrier, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford, Matthew B. Moreland , Becnel Law Firm, LLC & Richard Gerard Perque , Law Office of Richard G. Perque, LLC.

Ervin Alberado, Julie Alberado & Russ Mabile, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Patrick Wayne Pendley , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP & Jessica A. Perez , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP.

Mary Mabile, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Patrick Wayne Pendley , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP, Jessica A. Perez , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP & Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford.

Eloise D. Brown, James Clyde Gremillion, John Timothy Rathburn, Linda S. Rathburn, Donnie F. Gauthier, Melinda F. Gauthier & Elaine H. Dupre, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Harley M. Brown , Harley M. Brown, APLC.

Harley C. Brown, Consol Plaintiff, pro se.

Neil P. Landry, Jr., Elmira M. Landry, Dennis P. Landry, Inc., Dickie J. Esquivel, Joyce D. Esquivel, Mary W. Deaton, Scott Anderson, Louise Anderson, Teleca Donachricha, D. Michael Medine, Donna Medine, Ronald T. Brown, Kathryn Macaluso Brown, Richard S. Bourgoyne, Leslie O. Bourgoyne, Joseph E. Bourgoyne, Jacqueline L. Bourgoyne, Sanford Junot, Judy Junot, William N. Overby, James F. Looney, Myrna D. Looney, Lucy Saia, Donald Ruiz, Patricia S. Ruiz, Michael J. Pourciau, Pamela D. Pourciau, Wilfred J. Foret, Jr., Sandy B. Foret, Sterling P. Leonard, Vicky R. Leonard, Lindsey Blanchard, Susan Blanchard, Yvonne Litton, Nicholas Blanchard, Matthew Blanchard, Shaun Berthelot, William W. Vice, Catherine M. Vice, Michael N. Latino, Jamie C. Latino, Krystal Latino, Shelby Latino, Robert Deaton, Sr. & Sheila D. Overby, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Sidney Albert Marchand, III , Sidney A. Marchand, III, Attorney at Law.

Bernard R. Kannon, Jr., Consol Plaintiff, represented by Donald G. Cave , Cave Law Firm.

Nolan J. Benoit, Jr. & Elizabeth Talbot Benoit, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Jerald P. Block , Block Law Firm & Kendall J. Krielow , Block Law Firm.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Defendant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Justin M. Woodard , Jones Walker, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Nicole M. Duarte , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Agricultural Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by George James Richaud , Young, Richaud & Myers, LLC.

American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co, Steadfast Insurance Company & Zurich American Insurance Company, Defendants, represented by Glen Mercer , Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor LLC & Kourtney Twenhafel French , Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor LLC.

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Ohio & National Surety Corporation, Defendants, represented by James A. Rowell , Degan, Blanchard & Nash, Sidney W. Degan, III , Degan, Blanchard & Nash & Nicholas J. Cenac , Degan, Blanchard & Nash.

Great American Assurance Company, Defendant, represented by Robert John Young, III , Young, Richaud & Myers, LLC & George James Richaud , Young, Richaud & Myers, LLC.

Gulf Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Carey Austin Holliday , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard.

Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Lexington Inscurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. & AIG Specialty Insurance Company, formerly known as American International Surplus Lines Insurance Company formerly known as American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Defendants, represented by Mary S. Johnson , Johnson, Gray, McNamara, LLC.

Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., Defendant, represented by Judy Y. Barrasso , Barrasso,Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC, David N. Luder , Barrasso,Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC, Kyle W. Siegel , Barrasso,Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC & Stephen L. Miles , Barrasso,Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC.

TIG Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Jay M. Lonero , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, LLC, Angie Arceneaux Akers , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, LLC & Thomas H. Peyton , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, LLC.

Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendant, represented by Carey Austin Holliday , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Daniel B. Centner , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard & Seth Andrew Schmeeckle , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Consol Defendant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Texas Brine Company, LLC, Consol Defendant, represented by Christopher Chocheles , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Eric Julian Mayer , Susman Godfrey, LLP, James M. Garner , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jeffrey D. Kessler , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jonathan B. Cerise , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Leopold Z. Sher , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Ryan O'Neil Luminais , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC & Dane S. Ciolino , Dane S. Ciolino, LLC.

Miller Engineers & Associates, Inc., Consol Defendant, represented by Kirk A. Patrick, III , Donohue, Patrick & Scott, Blake Anthony Altazan , Donohue, Patrick & Scott & Heather A. Cross , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Third Party Plaintiff, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Reliance Petroleum Corporation, formerly known as Retrust Oil & Gas Corp, Third Party Defendant, represented by Ashley Gill Gable , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC, Joseph Lawrence Shea, Jr. , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC, Katherine S. Baker , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC & Joshua Steven Chevallier , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC.

Legacy Vulcan Corp., formerly known as Vulcan Materials Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Antonio M. Clayton , Clayton, Fruge & Ward, LLC, Christopher A. Mason , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Craig Lewis Caesar , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Douglas K. Williams , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew S. Chester , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Michael Charles Luquet , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Paul C. Thibodeaux , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, AIG Specialty Insurance Company, formerly known as American International Surplus Lines Insurance Company formerly known as American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company & National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., Third Party Defendants, represented by Mary S. Johnson , Johnson, Gray, McNamara, LLC, Melanie Nicole Derefinko , Johnson Gray McNamara & Nichole M. Gray , Johnson Gray McNamara.

Travelers Indemnity Company & Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut, Third Party Defendants, represented by Carey Austin Holliday , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Daniel B. Centner , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard & Seth Andrew Schmeeckle , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Third Party Defendant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Justin M. Woodard , Jones Walker, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker & Nicole M. Duarte , Jones Walker.

Sol Kirschner, Third Party Defendant, represented by Reid A. Jones , Wiener, Weiss & Madison, Frank H. Spruiell, Jr. , Wiener, Weiss & Madison, John M. Madison, III , Wiener, Weiss & Madison, APC & Seth M. Moyers , Wiener, Weiss & Madison.

Occidental VCM, LLC & Oxy USA Inc, Third Party Defendants, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker & Nicole M. Duarte , Jones Walker.

Colorado Crude Company, Browning Oil Company, Inc. & LORCA Corporation, Third Party Defendants, represented by Matthew J. Randazzo, III , Randazzo Giglio & Bailey, LLC, Christopher B. Bailey , Randazzo Giglio & Bailey, LLC & Shawn A. Carter , Randazzo Giglio & Bailey, LLC.

RLI Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Alan David Ezkovich , Ezkovich & Co. & Kristin M. Lausten , Degan, Blanchard & Nash.

Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company, incorrectly named as St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company, solely in their capacity as alleged insurers of Reliance Petroleum Corporation & Northfield Insurance Company, incorrectly named as Northland Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants, represented by Shaundra Marie Schudmak , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Anne Elizabeth Briard , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Celeste D. Elliott , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard & Kaja Stamnes Elmer , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard.

Chicago Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Sidney W. Degan, III , Degan, Blanchard & Nash, Julia Ann Dietz , Degan, Blanchard & Nash, Matthew F. Morgan , Degan, Blanchard & Nash & Wade B. Hammett , Degan, Blanchard & Nash.

Gemini Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Susan A. Daigle , Daigle Rayburn, LLC, Gregory John Laborde , Daigle Rayburn, LLC, John Daniel Rayburn, Jr. , Daigle Rayburn, LLC & Kristen A. Hernandez , Daigle Rayburn, LLC.

Aspen Insurance UK Limited, Third Party Defendant, represented by Richard Nelson Dicharry , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Ashley Ward Hinton , Phelps Dunbar, LLP & Jeremy T. Grabill , Phelps Dunbar, LLP.

National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Third Party Defendant, represented by Mary S. Johnson , Johnson, Gray, McNamara, LLC.

Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Jennifer E. Michel , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP & Danielle M. Smith , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.

North America Capacity Insurace Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Doris Theresa Bobadilla , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Andrea Leigh Albert , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith & Ryan Daniel O'Connor , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith.

AIG Specialty Insurance Company, Solely in its capacity as an alleged insurer of Adams Resources Exploration Corporation, Lexington Insurance Company, solely in its capacity as alleged insurer of Adams Resources Exploration Corporation, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., solely in its capacity as an alleged insurer of Adams Resources Exploration Corporation, New Hampshire Insurance Company, solely in its capacity as an alleged insurer of Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and/or Oxy USA, Inc. & AIG Specialty Insurance Company, solely in its capacity as an alleged insurer of Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and/or Oxy, Inc., Third Party Defendants, represented by Mary S. Johnson , Johnson, Gray, McNamara, LLC, Laura Blair Naquin Green , Johnson Gray McNamara & Nichole M. Gray , Johnson Gray McNamara.

National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., solely in its capacity as an alleged insurer of Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and/or Oxy USA, Inc., Third Party Defendant, represented by Mary S. Johnson , Johnson, Gray, McNamara, LLC, Laura Blair Naquin Green , Johnson Gray McNamara, Melanie Nicole Derefinko , Johnson Gray McNamara & Nichole M. Gray , Johnson Gray McNamara.

Legacy Vulcan, LLC, formerly known as Legacy Vulcan Corp. formerly known as Vulcan Materials Corp, Third Party Defendant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Antonio M. Clayton , Clayton, Fruge & Ward, LLC, Colleen Carr Jarrott , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew S. Chester , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew C. Juneau , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Paul C. Thibodeaux , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Successor by Merger to Transcontinental Insurance Company, Improperly named as Transcontinental Insurance Company (doc. 1303), Third Party Defendant, represented by Paula Marcello Wellons , Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, APLC, D. Ashbrooke Tullis , Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, APLC & Travis Brendon Wilkinson , Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, APLC.

Sirius International Insurance Corporation, as successor to Sirius Insurance Company UK Ltd; erroneouusly referred to as Sirius UK Insurance, PLC, Yorkshire Insurance Co. Ltd., Ocean Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Hansa Marine Insurance Company, Ltd. & Northern Assurance Company, Ltd., Third Party Defendants, represented by Gustave A. Fritchie, III , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, LLC & McDonald Provosty , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, LLC.

Vulcan Materials Company, Consol Counter Claimant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew S. Chester , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Texas Brine Company, LLC, Counter Defendant, represented by Leopold Z. Sher , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Christopher Chocheles , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Eric Julian Mayer , Susman Godfrey, LLP, James M. Garner , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jeffrey D. Kessler , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jonathan B. Cerise , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Ryan O'Neil Luminais , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC & Dane S. Ciolino , Dane S. Ciolino, LLC.

Texas Brine Company, LLC, Consol Counter Defendant, represented by Leopold Z. Sher , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Christopher Chocheles , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Eric Julian Mayer , Susman Godfrey, LLP, James M. Garner , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jeffrey D. Kessler , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jonathan B. Cerise , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC & Ryan O'Neil Luminais , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Consol Cross Claimant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Texas Brine Company, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Christopher Chocheles , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Eric Julian Mayer , Susman Godfrey, LLP, James M. Garner , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC & Ryan O'Neil Luminais , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC.

Pontchartrain Natural Gas System, K/D/S Promix LLC & Acadian Gas Pipeline System, Movants, represented by James Conner Percy , Jones Walker, Brett S. Venn , Jones Walker, Kevin O. Ainsworth , Jones Walker & Marjorie Ann McKeithen , Jones Walker.

Kean Miller, LLP, Troy J. Charpentier & Bradley C. Meyers, Movants, represented by Paul H. Spaht , Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer & Connell Lee Archey , Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer.

Vulcan Construction Materials LLC, Florida Rock Industries, Inc. & CalMat Co., Movants, represented by Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

PB Energy Storage Services, Inc., Movant, represented by Howard Louis Murphy , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP, Darrell K. Cherry , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP & Joseph B. Landry, Jr. , Deutsch Kerrigan LLP.

Texas Brine Company, LLC, Third Party Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Chocheles , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Eric Julian Mayer , Susman Godfrey, LLP, James M. Garner , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jeffrey D. Kessler , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Jonathan B. Cerise , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Leopold Z. Sher , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC, Ryan O'Neil Luminais , Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC & Dane S. Ciolino , Dane S. Ciolino, LLC.

Vulcan Materials Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew S. Chester , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Adams Resources Exploration Corporation, Third Party Defendant, represented by Jason Marechal Cerise , Locke Lord.

Vulcan Materials Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew S. Chester , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Legacy Vulcan Corp., formerly known as Vulcan Materials Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Antonio M. Clayton , Clayton, Fruge & Ward, LLC, Christopher A. Mason , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Craig Lewis Caesar , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Douglas K. Williams , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Michael Charles Luquet , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Paul C. Thibodeaux , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Legacy Vulcan Corp., formerly known as Vulcan Materials Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Antonio M. Clayton , Clayton, Fruge & Ward, LLC, Christopher A. Mason , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Craig Lewis Caesar , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Douglas K. Williams , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Michael Charles Luquet , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L. L. P, Paul C. Thibodeaux , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Agricultural Insurance Company & Great American Assurance Company, Third Party Defendants, represented by Robert John Young, III , Young, Richaud & Myers, LLC & George James Richaud , Young, Richaud & Myers, LLC.

American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co, Steadfast Insurance Company, Zurich American Insurance Company & Zurich Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants, represented by Glen Mercer , Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor LLC & Kourtney Twenhafel French , Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor LLC.

Chubb Custom Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by John Powers Wolff, III , Keogh, Cox & Wilson Ltd, Brian Timothy Butler , Keogh, Cox & Wilson Ltd, Nancy B. Gilbert , Keogh, Cox & Wilson Ltd & Richard W. Wolff , Keogh, Cox & Wilson Ltd.

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Ohio, National Surety Corporation & National Surety Company, Third Party Defendants, represented by Sidney W. Degan, III , Degan, Blanchard & Nash, James A. Rowell , Degan, Blanchard & Nash & Nicholas J. Cenac , Degan, Blanchard & Nash.

Gulf Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Celeste D. Elliott , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard.

St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, incorrectly named as St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company, solely in its capacity as alleged insurer of Browning Oil Company, Inc., Third Party Defendant, represented by Anne Elizabeth Briard , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Carey Austin Holliday , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Celeste D. Elliott , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Daniel B. Centner , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Kaja Stamnes Elmer , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Seth Andrew Schmeeckle , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard & Shaundra Marie Schudmak , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard.

TIG Insurance Company, successor by merger to Fairmont Specialty Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Jay M. Lonero , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, LLC, Angie Arceneaux Akers , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, LLC & Thomas H. Peyton , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, LLC.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Third Party Defendant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Scottsdale Insurance Company, Third Party Defendant, represented by Katherine Karam , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Douglas M. Kleeman , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Katherine L. Wyly , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Katie Whitman Myers , Phelps Dunbar, LLP & Pablo Gonzalez , Phelps Dunbar, LLP.

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Bethany Woodard Kristovich , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher M. Lynch , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Ellen Medlin Richmond , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Grant Davis-Denny , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Jeremy Keller Beecher , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Jonathan E. Altman , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker, Tamerlin J. Godley , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Tarak Anada , Jones Walker.

Vulcan Materials Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Roy Clifton Cheatwood , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Adam Bennett Zuckerman , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Kent A. Lambert , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Matthew S. Chester , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz & Tyler Weidlich , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Oxy USA Inc & Occidental VCM, LLC, Third Party Plaintiffs, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Justin M. Woodard , Jones Walker & Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker.

Reliance Petroleum Corporation, formerly known as Retrust Oil & Gas Corp, Third Party Plaintiff, represented by Ashley Gill Gable , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC, Joseph Lawrence Shea, Jr. , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC, Joshua Steven Chevallier , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC & Katherine S. Baker , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, LLC.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Third Party Plaintiff, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Brad D. Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, pro hac vice & Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker.

Sol Kirschner, Third Party Plaintiff, represented by Reid A. Jones , Wiener, Weiss & Madison.

Basic Chemical Company, LLC, Third Party Plaintiff, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker & Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker.

Basic Chemical Company, LLC, Third Party Defendant, represented by Christoffer C. Friend , Jones Walker, Justin M. Woodard , Jones Walker, Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Jones Walker & Nicole M. Duarte , Jones Walker.


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