BRADFORD v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

17-296 consolidated with 17-297, 17-298, 17-299, 17-300, 17-301, 17-302, 17-303, 17-304, 17-305, 17-306, 17-307, 17-308, 17-309, 17-310, 17-311, 17-312, 17-313, 17-314, 17-315, 17-316, 17-317, 17-318, 17-319, 17-320, and 17-321.

237 So.3d 648 (2018)

Emma BRADFORD, et al. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mat Marion Gray, III , Ashley E. Bane , Fowler Rodriguez, 400 Poydras Street — 30th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130, Telephone: (504) 523-2600, COUNSEL FOR: Other — Louisiana Surplus Lines Association.

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

Kirk Albert Patrick, III , Donahue, Patrick & Scott, 450 Laurel Street — Suite 1600, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, Telephone: (225) 214-1908, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — R & R Construction, Inc.

Wells T. Watson , Jake Buford , Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, 3006 Country Club Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605, Telephone: (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiff/Appellee — Emma Bradford.

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

Matthew David Monson , The Monson Law Firm, LLC, 900 West Causeway Approach — Suite A, Mandeville, LA 70471, Telephone: (985) 778-0678, COUNSEL FOR: Other — Louisiana Surplus Lines Association.

Richard E. Wilson , Somer G. Brown , Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, Telephone: (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiff/Appellee — Emma Bradford.

Craig Isenberg , Joshua O. Cox , Barrasso Usdin Kupperman , Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., 909 Poydras Street — 24th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112, Telephone: (504) 589-9700, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

R. Heath Savant , Donohue Patrick, PLLC, 450 Laurel Street — Suite 1600, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, Telephone: (225) 214-1908, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — R & R Construction, Inc.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Sylvia R. Cooks, and Shannon J. Gremillion, Judges.


CITGO Petroleum Corporation (CITGO) appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of twenty plaintiffs on the issue of causation. It also appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of thirteen plaintiffs on the issue of symptom duration following exposure to CITGO's chemical spill and release. Finding no error or manifest...

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