DIETZ v. SUPERIOR OIL CO.

No. 13-657.

129 So.3d 836 (2013)

Renee Christine DIETZ, et al. v. SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Wallace Goodell, Jr. , The Goodell Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Phyllis Smith McDonald.

G. William Jarman , Charles Simon McCowan, III , Esteban Herrera, Jr. , Louis Victor Gregoire, Jr. , Kimberly K. Hymel , Kean Miller LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Stephen Barnett Murray , Stephen Barnett Murray, Jr. , Elizabeth Roché , Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Phyllis Smith McDonald.

Tommy Woods Thornhill , Emily E. Gebhardt , Thornhill Law Firm, Slidell, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate.

Robert Beattie McNeal , Mark LeRay McNamara , James E. Lapeze , Katie Caswell Cambre , Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Mobil Exploration and Producing North America, Inc., Superior Oil Company, and Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Kim Reginald Hayes , Kim R. Hayes, APLC, Crowley, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Phyllis Smith McDonald.

Demarcus J. Gordon , Loulan Joseph Pitre, Jr. , Kelly Dussel Perrier , Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Jennings Holdings, LLC.

Stuart Housel Smith , Michael Gregory Stag , John Leonard Fontenot, Jr. , Sean Seton Cassidy , Smith Stagg, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA for Plaintiff/Appellant, Phyllis Smith McDonald.

Morgan J. Wells, Jr. , Stephen Marcus Larzelere , Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, & Lonero, LLC, Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Carla Oil Company, Inc.

David Lyman Browne , Browne Law, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Torch Energy Services, Inc. and Big Energy, LLC.

Michael R. Phillips , Kean Miller LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Clint David Bischoff , Iota, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Two Bayous, Inc.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

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