AARON v. McGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS

No. 16-CA-696, 16-CA-697, 16-CA-698.

223 So.3d 714 (2017)

John AARON, Barbara Ables, et al., v. McGowan WORKING PARTNERS, McGowan Working Partners, Inc., et al., Rafael Adams, Adrian Anderson, et al. v. McGowan Working Partners, McGowan Working Partners, Inc., et al., Andrew L. Hicks, Jr.; Annie B. Kennedy; et al. v. McGowan Working Partners, McGowan Working Partners, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE, JOHN AARON, BARBARA ABLES, ET AL., R. Glenn Cater , Alfred C. Barrera , Roy F. Amedee, Jr.

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT, McGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS, INC. AND AVONDALE OIL & GAS, L.L.C. (F/K/A McGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS SOUTHEAST, LOUISIANA, L.L.C.), Gary M. Zwain , Kevin R. Derham

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT, FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Daniel J. Caruso , Susan M. Caruso .

Panel composed of Susan M. Chehardy, Robert A. Chaisson, and Hans J. Liljeberg.


This is a mass tort suit involving several consolidated lawsuits filed in Second Parish Court in Jefferson Parish. The litigation arises out of a hydrochloric acid leak which occurred in Avondale, Louisiana, on April 5, 2001. This appeal involves twenty plaintiffs who proceeded to trial together. Defendants, McGowan Working Partners...

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