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MARIN v. EXXON MOBIL CORP.

Nos. 2009-C-2368, 2009-C-2371.

48 So.3d 234 (2010)

Donald MARIN, Sr., Engsfeld F. Marin, III, Clyde J. Breaux and Veronica Marin Breaux v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, formerly known as and Successor in Interest to Exxon Corporation ND Humble Oil & Refining Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, Legacy Resources Co., L.P., MJF Property Management, L.L.C. and Mike Bourgeois.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 19, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liskow & Lewis, PLC, Donald R. Abaunza , Jamie D. Rhymes , Robert Beattie McNeal , Joe Barrelle Norman , New Orleans, for Applicant in No. 2009-C-2368 and Respondent in No. 2009-C-2371.

Martin Bofill Duhe ; Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Victor L. Marcello , John Hogarth Carmouche , Donald T. Carmouche , Gonzales; Weeks & Gonzalez, APLC, Patricia Elise Weeks , John Paul Gonzalez , New Orleans, for Respondent in No. 2009-C-2368.

Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Donald T. Carmouche , Victor L. Marcello , John Hogarth Carmouche , Gonzales; Weeks & Gonzalez, APLC, Patricia Elise Weeks , John Paul Gonzalez , New Orleans, for Applicant in No. 2009-C-2371.

Marshall Taylor Darden , New Orleans, for amicus curiae Louisiana Landowners Association.

VICTORY, J.*

We granted writ applications in this oilfield contamination "legacy litigation"1 primarily to consider complicated issues of prescription, subsequent purchaser rights, restoration obligations, punitive damages, and ground water remediation obligations. After considering the record and the applicable law, we find the lower courts erred in applying the doctrine of

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