PRICE v. TENNECO OIL CO.

No. 08-441.

996 So.2d 1260 (2008)

Curtis PRICE, et al. v. TENNECO OIL COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berney L. Strauss, Rhett E. King, Strauss & King, APLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Curtis Price, April Price, Jimmy Monceaux, David Shaffer.

R.K. Christovich, Kevin R. Tully, Gregory S. LaCour, H. Carter Marshall, Christovich & Kearney, LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Union Oil Company of California.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, Elizabeth B. Hollins, Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Division of Risk Litigation, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, State of Louisiana, Department of Natural Resources, State of Louisiana, Mineral Resources Office, State of Louisiana, Office of Conservation.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs sued numerous defendants to recover damages they suffered when the trawler in which they were traveling allided with an unlighted, unmarked well structure. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of two defendants, dismissing them from this litigation. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

On the night of July 21, 2001, an allision occurred between the M/V Papillon, a wooden...

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