DEMPSTER v. LAMORAK INS. CO.

Civil Action No. 20-95.

488 F.Supp.3d 472 (2020)

Callen DEMPSTER et al. v. LAMORAK INSURANCE CO. et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

Signed September 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerolyn Petit Roussel , Benjamin Peter Dinehart , Jonathan Brett Clement , Lauren Roussel Clement, Perry Joseph Roussel, Jr. , Roussel & Clement, Mandeville, LA, for Tanna Faye Dempster, Steven Louis Dempster, Janet Dempster Martinez, Marla Dempster Loupe, Callen Dempster, Jr., Annette Dempster Glad, Barnett Dempster.

Brian C. Bossier , Christopher Thomas Grace, III , Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III , Erin Helen Boyd , Jasmine Najee Brown , Laura M. Gillen , Whitney Charmaine Stewart , Blue Williams, LLP, Metairie, LA, Patrick Kevin Shockey , Husch Blackwell LLP, Chattanooga, TN, for Huntington Ingalls Incorporated.

McGready Lewis Richeson , Francis Xavier deBlanc, III , Milele N. St. Julien , Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, New Orleans, LA, Kevin M. Jordan , Jordan, Lynch & Cancienne, PLLC, Houston, TX, for Bayer CropScience, Inc.

Paula Marcello Wellons , Jared A. Davidson , Jonathan B. Womack , Mary Elizabeth Ingram , Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe, APLC, New Orleans, LA, for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company.

Susan Beth Kohn , Daniel J. Caruso , Douglas Kinler , James R. Guidry , Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Eagle, Inc.

John K. Nieset , Adrejia LaJoy Ann Boutte , James Aristide Holmes , Christovich & Kearney, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for First State Insurance Company.

John Joseph Hainkel, III , Angela M. Bowlin , James H. Brown, Jr. , Kelly L. Long , Kelsey A. Eagan , Lacey Taylor McCoy , Magali Ann Puente-Martin , Frilot L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Barry C. Campbell , Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC, Metairie, LA, for Foster Wheeler, LLC.

John Joseph Hainkel, III , Angela M. Bowlin , James H. Brown, Jr. , Kelly L. Long , Kelsey A. Eagan , Lacey Taylor McCoy , Magali Ann Puente-Martin , Frilot L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Barry C. Campbell , Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC, Metairie, LA, John M. Fitzpatrick , Pro Hac Vice, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP, Denver, CO, for General Electric Company.

Kaye N. Courington , Blaine Augusta Moore , Brittney Bullock Ankersen , Jeffrey Matthew Burg , Mathilde Villere Semmes , Troy Nathan Bell , Courington, Kiefer, Sommers, Marullo & Matherne, New Orleans, LA, for Hopeman Brothers, Inc.

David Allen Pote , Beahm & Green, New Orleans, LA, for Houston General Insurance Company.

Samuel Milton Rosamond, III , Adam Devlin deMahy , Francis Christopher Cannone , Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, APLC New Orleans, LA, for Lamorak Insurance Company.

Katherine Osborne Hannan , Kristopher T. Wilson , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard (New Orleans), New Orleans, LA, for United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.

Gustave A. Fritchie, III , Alexander R. Saunders , David Michael Melancon , Timothy Farrow Daniels , Alex Tyler Robertson , Huber Thomas & Marcelle, Edward Winter Trapolin , Irwin Fritehie Urquhart & Moore, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Albert Bossier, Jr., J. Melton Garrett.

Susan Beth Kohn , Douglas Kinler , James R. Guidry , Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for McCarty Corporation.

Mary Reeves Arthur , Amy Louise Maccherone , New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth Riddell Penn , Forman, Watkins, & Krutz, LLP, Jackson, MS, for Uniroyal Inc.

Walter G. Watkins, III , Elizabeth Riddell Penn , Forman, Watkins, & Krutz, LLP, Jackson, MS, Daniel S. Roberts , Mary Reeves Arthur , Thomas Peyton Smith , Jason K. Elam , Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, for International Paper Company.

Julia Ann Dietz , Jill R. Menard , Keith A. Kornman , Renee F. Smith Auld , Degan, Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, LA, for American Insurance Company.

Kaye N. Courington , Dawn Danna Marullo , Jamie M. Zanovec , Jeffrey Matthew Burg , Troy Nathan Bell , Courington, Kiefer, Sommers, Marullo & Matherne, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.

Seth Andrew Schmeeckle , Katherine Osborne Hannan , Kristopher T. Wilson , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard (New Orleans), New Orleans, LA, Carey Austin Holliday , Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Travelers Indemnity Company.


SECTION: "G" (1)

ORDER AND REASONS

In this litigation, Plaintiffs Tanna Faye Dempster, Steven Louis Dempster, Janet Dempster Martinez, Marla Dempster Loupe, Callen Dempster, Jr., Annette Dempster Glad, and Barnett Dempster's (collectively, "Plaintiffs") allege that...

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