ARABIE v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

Nos. 15-324, 15-325.

175 So.3d 1180 (2015)

Craig Steven ARABIE, et al. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION. Randall A. Biddy, et al. v. Citgo Petroleum Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells T. Watson , Roger G. Burgess , Jake D. Buford , Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Craig Steven Arabie, et al.

Richard E. Wilson , Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Craig Steven Arabie, et al.

Robert E. Landry , Scofield, Gerard, Pohorelsky, Gallaugher & Landry, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Craig Isenberg , Michelle M. Rutherford , Zachary I. Rosenberg , Barasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JAMES T. GENOVESE and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.


The plaintiffs in these two consolidated appeals are persons asserting injuries caused from a major oil and wastewater spill from Defendant's refinery. Liability for the cause of the spill is admitted by Defendant, but the amount of damages awarded to the fifteen named plaintiffs in this case is contested on appeal. For the following...

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