CORMIER v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

CA 17-104.

228 So.3d 770 (2017)

Shawn CORMIER, et al. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Landry , Kevin P. Fontenot , Scofield, Gerard, Pohorelsky, Gallaugher & Landry, 901 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 900, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 433-9436, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Kirk Albert Patrick, III , Donahue, Patrick & Scott, 450 Laurel St., Suite 1600, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, (225) 214-1908, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: R & R Construction, Inc.

Wells Talbot Watson , Jake D. Buford , Bagget, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, P.O. Drawer 7820, Lake Charles, LA 70605-7820, (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Farren Wayne McClelland, Tyrone Whotte, Joshua David Monceaux, Shawn Cormier, David Paul Savoie, Matthew Aaron Fruge, Wilber Joseph Istre, Chris Robert LaBouve.

Marshall Joseph Simien, Jr. , Simien Law Firm, 2129 Fitzenreiter Road, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 497-0022, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Richard Elliott Wilson , Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: Joshua David Monceaux, David Paul Savoie, Farren Wayne McClelland, Chris Robert LaBouve, Wilber Joseph Istre, Tyrone Whotte, Shawn Cormier, Matthew Aaron Fruge.

Craig Isenberg , Kyle W. Siegel , Joshua O. Cox , Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., 909 Poydras, 24th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 589-9700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Court composed of Marc T. Amy, Elizabeth A. Pickett, and Billy Howard Ezell, Judges.


This appeal involves another group of Plaintiffs who were affected by the slop oil release from the CITGO refinery in Lake Charles on June 19, 2006. These particular seven Plaintiffs were working in different capacities at the Calcasieu Refining Company. After several days of trial in January, 2016, before a judge, the trial court...

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