POLLARD v. ALPHA TECHNICAL

Nos. 2010-C-0788, 2010-C-0805.

102 So.3d 71 (2011)

Leo POLLARD, Jr., et al. v. ALPHA TECHNICAL, et al. In re Harvey Term Litigation I. Re Pamela Mitchell, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Harvey, Sr. , Justin A. Zitler , Law Office of Robert G. Harvey, Sr., APLC, Darleen M. Jacobs , Jacobs Sarrat & Lovelace, New Orleans, LA, for Earl Adams, et al.

Henry T. Dart , Grady J. Flattmann , Henry Dart, Attorney at Law, APLC, Covington, LA, for Leo Pollard, et al.

George F. Riess , Law Office of George F. Riess & Associates, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Dottie Adams, et al.

Mary S. Johnson , Jill T. Losch , Ingrid M. Kemp , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, Mandeville, LA, Thomas M. McNamara , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, Lafayette, LA, Chad J. Mollere , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Shell Offshore Inc., and SWEPI LP.

Ronald A. Johnson , Bettye A. Barrios , Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for BP America Production Company f/k/a Amoco Production Company and Atlantic Richfield Company.

Michael R. Phillips , Louis M. Grossman , Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, New Orleans, LA, for Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Texaco Inc., and Union Oil Company of California.

Deborah D. Kuchler , Janika D. Polk , Michele Hale DeShazo , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for ConocoPhillips Company.

Richard S. Pabst , Julie Parelman Silbert , Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan, & Jarman, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Marathon Oil Company and Transco Exploration Company, as Successor to Exchange Oil and Gas Corporation.

Christoffer C. Friend , Rene A. Curry, Jr. , Brett F. Willie , Curry & Friend, PLC, New Orleans, LA, for Oxy USA Inc. and Placid Oil Company.

R.A. Osborn, Jr. , Osborn & Osborn, APLC, Harvey, LA, for OFS, Inc.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, and Judge DANIEL L. DYSART).


CHARLES R. JONES, Judge.

This matter is before the Court pursuant to an order of remand by the Supreme Court dated November 5, 2010. The order directs this Court to reconsider the merits of these1 writ applications in view of the district court's May 26, 2010 order granting approval of a settlement class. After a review of the issues herein, we reverse and remand with instructions.

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