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WAGONER v. CHEVRON USA INC.

No. 45,507-CA.

55 So.3d 12 (2010)

Larry WAGONER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. CHEVRON USA INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing November 24, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Gonzales, LA, by William R. Coenen, III , Victor L. Marcello , John S. DuPont, III , Donald T. Carmouche , John H. Carmouche , Brian T. Carmouche , for Appellants.

Sturgeon & Boyd by John Sturgeon, Jr. , Gore & Loy, Ferriday, LA, by Brent S. Gore , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, by Michael R. Phillips , Louis Grossman , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, by G. William Jarman , Richard D. McConnell, Jr. , Frilot Partridge, New Orleans, LA, by Patrick A. Talley, Jr. , for Appellee, Chevron USA, Inc.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, by Albert M. Hand, Jr. , Jason A. Green , Bradley Murchison , Shreveport, LA, by F. John Reeks, Jr. , for Appellees, Devon Energy Production, Merit Energy, Merit Management Partners, Merit Energy Partners III, and Merit Energy Partners D-III.

Adams, Hoefer, Holwadel & Eldridge, New Orleans, LA, by D. Russell Holwadel , Gregory O. Currier , Claudia P. Santoyo , Ira J. Rosenzweig , Wall, Bullington, & Cook, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, by Jonathan R. Cook , Jones, Odom, Davis & Politz, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA, by J. Marshall Jones, Jr. , for Appellees, Denbury Onshore, Smith Operating & Management, LSJ Exploration, Diamond South Operating, and Oil & Ale LSJ.

Jeansonne & Remondet, Lafayette, LA, by John A. Jeansonne, Jr. , Donovan J. O'Pry, II , Jeansonne & Remondet, by John A. Jeansonne, III , for Appellees, McGowen Working Partners, Sunset Oil & Gas, and Spokane Oil & Gas.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, and PEATROSS, JJ.

BROWN, Chief Judge.

The Wagoner family bought a 193-acre tract in the Lake St. John Oil Field in Concordia Parish in September 2004. After the purchase, they discovered that the property had been contaminated and damaged by oil and gas operations. The trial court denied the Wagoners the right to sue the past operators who were responsible for the contamination and damage. The trial court held that this tort/contract action was a personal right and that the owner of...

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