PHILLIPS v. G & H SEED CO., INC.

No. 08-934.

10 So.3d 339 (2009)

Patrick E. PHILLIPS, Jr. v. G & H SEED COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold Edward Knoll, Triston Kane Knoll, The Knoll Law Firm, Marksville, LA, for Intervenor-Appellee, Georgia V. Bernard, James E. Bernard, Jr.

Gary A. Bezet, Robert E. Dille, Carol L. Galloway, Allison N. Benoit, Terence McCay, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman. L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, Bayer CropScience, L.P. Michael G. Redlich.

Gerald Charles deLaunay, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, L.A. for Defendant-Appellee, Seafood International, Inc.

Elwood C. Stevens, Jr., Attorney at Law, Morgan City, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Patrick E. Phillips, Jr.

Louis Charles LaCour, Jr., Raymond P. Ward, Christine S. Fortunato, Lauren J. Delery, Adams & Reese, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, Michael G. Redlich Bayer CropScience, L.P.

Andre F. Toce, Joseph Arshawsky, The Toce Firm, APLC, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Patrick E. Phillips, Jr., et al.

Carl M. Duhon, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Patrick E. Phillips, Jr.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and BILLY H. EZELL, Judges.


PICKETT, Judge.

The defendants-appellants, Bayer CropScience LP (Bayer) and Michael Redlich appeal a judgment of the trial court following a jury trial which found them liable to the plaintiffs for causing harm to the crawfish industry and awarded a money judgment. The plaintiffs, Patrick Phillips, Jr., Lisa Guidry, and James Bernard, have answered the appeal, alleging error on the part of the trial court in allowing the jury to consider the defense of force majeure...

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