BRITT v. RICELAND PETROLEUM CO.

17-941.

240 So.3d 986 (2018)

Shirlene BRITT, et al. v. RICELAND PETROLEUM COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan David Ezkovich , Ezkovich & Co., LLC, 650 Poydras Street — Suite 1220, New Orleans, LA 70130, Telephone: (504), 593-9899, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — Mt. Hawley Insurance Company.

Stephen Douglas Baker , Law Office of Stephen Baker, 412 West University Avenue — Suite 101, Lafayette, LA 70506, Telephone: (337) 235-8298, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — Riceland Petroleum Company.

Sidney Wallis Degan, III , Catherine N. Thigpen , Degan, Blanchard & Nash, 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2600, New Orleans, LA 70130, Telephone: (504) 529-3333, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — Evanston Insurance Company.

Chad Ellis Mudd , David Paul Bruchhaus , Michael Keith Prudhomme , Matthew P. Keating , Mudd & Bruchhaus, L.L.C., 410 East College Street, Lake Charles, LA 70605, Telephone: (337) 562-2327, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiffs/Appellees — C. W. Britt, Norma Jean Broussard, Michael D. Meche, Barbara Britt, Beulah Britt Meche, Shirlene Britt, Joyce Britt Doherty, and Jeffrey Meche.

Eric Earl Jarrell , King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC, 201 St. Charles Avenue — Suite 4500, New Orleans, LA 70170, Telephone: (504) 582-3814, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — Conoco Phillips Company.

John William Hite, III , Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor, LLC, One Canal Place, 365 Canal Street-Suite 1710, New Orleans, LA 70130, Telephone: (504) 566-8800, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — United National Insurance Company.

Robert Michael Kallam , Preis PLC, P. O. Drawer 94-C, Lafayette, LA 70509, Telephone: (337) 237-6062, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — Riceland Petroleum Company.

Céleste D. Elliott , Anne E. Briard , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin and Hubbard, 601 Poydras Street — Suite 2775, New Orleans, LA 70130, Telephone: (504) 568-1990, COUNSEL FOR: Defendants/Appellants — Northfield Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire, and Marine Insurance Company, and St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance, Company.

Thear J. Lemoine , Brown Sims, 1100 Poydras Street — 39th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70163, Telephone: (504) 569-1007, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — Westchester Fire Insurance Company.

Kelly B. Becker , Kathryn Z. Gonski , Liskow & Lewis, One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street-Suite 5000, New Orleans, LA 70139-5099, Telephone: (504) 581-7979, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee-BP America Production Company.

Penny L. Malbrew , Liskow & Lewis, P.O. Box 52008, Lafayette, LA 70505-2008, Telephone: (337) 232-7424, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — BP America Production Company.

Jonathan B. Womack , Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe, APLC, 1515 Poydras Street — Suite 1900, New Orleans, LA 70112, Telephone: (504) 525-9888, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — Commerical Union Assurance Company PLC.

Ross J. Donnes , Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, 17405 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810, Telephone: (225) 400-9991, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiffs/Appellees — C. W. Britt, Barbara Britt, Norma Jean Broussard, Jeffrey Meche, Michael D Meche, Shirlene Britt, Joyce Britt Doherty, and Beulah Britt Meche.

Cory T. Stuart , Larzelere Picou Wells Simpson, 3850 North Causeway Boulevard-Suite 110, Metairie, LA 70002, Telephone: (504) 834-6500, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — Gotham Insurance Company.

Margaret V. Glass , Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, LLC, One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street-Suite 4800, New Orleans, LA 70139-4800, Telephone: (504) 561-0400, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — Lexington Insurance Company.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, John D. Saunders, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.


In this legacy lawsuit governed by La. R.S. 30:29 (Act 312), several landowners (plaintiffs)1 sued Riceland Petroleum Company (Riceland) and BP America Production Company (BP), seeking remediation of their property contaminated by historical oil and gas operations conducted by the defendants...

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