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BAILEY EX REL. BROWN v. EXXON MOBIL CORP.

No. 2011-CA-0177.

76 So.3d 53 (2011)

Olivia BAILEY, on Behalf of the deceased, William BROWN, Grace Guidry, on Behalf of the deceased, Raymond J. Guidry, Maxine P. Harris, on Behalf of the deceased, Damion D. Harris, et al. v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, Chevron USA, Inc., ConocoPhillips Company, Marathon Oil Company, Shell Offshore, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 31, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Buck, Jr. , Mikalia M. Knott , New Orleans, LA, Jeremiah A. Sprague , Timothy J. Falcon , Falcon Law Firm, Marrero, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Glen M. Pilié , Martin A. Stern , Valeria M. Sercovich , Raymond P. Ward , Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Humble Incorporated, Defendants/Appellees.

Mary S. Johnson , Jill T. Losch , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, Mandeville, LA, Thomas M. McNamara , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, Lafayette, LA, Chad J. Mollere , S. Suzanne Mahoney , Johnson Gray McNamara, LLC, Roy J. Rodney, Jr. , Rodney & Etter, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Shell Offshore Inc., Shell Oil Co., and SWEPI LP, Defendants/Appellees.

Michael R. Phillips , Louis M. Grossman , Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Defendant/Appellee.

Richard S. Pabst , Julie Parelman Silbert , Stephen Hanemann , Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, New Orleans, LA, for Marathon Oil Co., Defendant/Appellee.

Deborah D. Kuchler , Janika D. Polk , Michele Hale Deshazo , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for ConocoPhillips Co., Defendant/Appellee.

René A. Curry, Jr. , Christoffer C. Friend , Molly Steele , Shannon C. Burr , Curry & Friend, PLC, New Orleans, LA, for Occidental Chemical Corp. and Placid Oil Co., Defendants/Appellees.

Ronald A. Johnson , Bettye A. Barrios , Gavin H. Guillot , Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for BP Exploration & Production Inc., American Oil Company, and BP Corporation North America Inc., Defendants/Appellees.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge DANIEL L. DYSART).

JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Olivia Bailey, on behalf of the deceased, William Brown, et al., appeal the trial court's maintaining of an exception of no cause of action for punitive damages in a wrongful death claim filed by the defendants, Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 20, 2002, over 700 named plaintiffs filed suit in Warren Lester, et al v. Exxon Mobil Corp., et al, No....

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