DOUCET v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CA 18-179, CA 18-169.

259 So.3d 1081 (2018)

Albert DOUCET, Jr., et al. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Landry , Patrick D. Gallaugher , 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.

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

Wells T. Watson   Jake, D. Buford , Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, P. O. Drawer 7820, Lake Charles, LA 70606-7820, (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES: Albert Doucet, Jr., Debra McZeal, Tommy Mumford, John D. Smith.

Richard Elliott Wilson , Somer G. Brown , Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES: Albert Doucet, Jr., Debra McZeal, Tommy Mumford, John D. Smith.

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, John D. Saunders, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.


For the reasons assigned by this court in Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp., 18-169 (La.App. 3 Cir. ___/___/___), ___ So.3d ___, the portion of the trial court's judgment awarding Albert Doucet, Jr., Debra Ann McZeal, Tommy Mumford and John Smith damages for the fear of developing future disease is reversed. We also reverse the...

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