SHEPHARD v. AIX ENERGY

No. 51,965-CA.

249 So.3d 194 (2018)

Jeremy SHEPHARD and Emily Shephard and Michael Jackson and Tamisia Jackson, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. AIX ENERGY, INC., AIX Operating Company, Bear Creek Services, LLC, National Union Fire Insurance Company, Avery Graves IV, Republic Well Testing, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered May 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COOK, YANCEY, KING & GALLOWAY, By: Sidney E. Cook, Jr. , Lisa C. Cronin , John T. Kalmbach , David J. Hemken , Shreveport, Counsel for Defendants-Appellants AIX Energy, Inc. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.

MAHTOOK & LAFLEUR, By: Ward F. LaFleur , Lafayette, Richard J. Hymel , GREGORIO, CHAFIN, JOHNSON, POOLSON & TABOR, LLC, By: Scott Chafin, Jr. , Julie Payne Johnson , Shreveport, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees Jeremy Shephard and Emily Shephard, and Michael Jackson & Tamisia Jackson.

ROBERT L. SIEGEL , RACHEL G. WEBRE , JAMESON MICHAEL TAYLOR , New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees National Union Fire Ins. Co., AIG Specialty Ins. Co. a/k/a Chartis Ins. Co.

LUNN, IRION, SALLEY, ET AL., By: Gerald M. Johnson, Jr. , Shreveport, Counsel for Defendants-Appellees Bear Creek Services, LLC and Avery Graves, IV.

JOHNSON, RAHMAN & THOMAS, By: Patricia Jackson Delpit , Baton Rouge, Counsel for LWCC Intervener-Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, MOORE, and McCALLUM, JJ.


AIX Energy Inc. and its insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, appeal a jury verdict that awarded the plaintiffs, Jeremy Shephard and Michael Jackson, a total of $22.45 million for burns and other losses sustained in a natural gas fire that occurred on an oil well where they were working. AIX and St. Paul also contest several...

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