ALLISON v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

18-302 18-303.

262 So.3d 936 (2018)

Eric Mark ALLISON, et al. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Landry , 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 , R. Heath Savant , 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 Talbot Watson , Bagget, McCall, Burgess, P. O. Drawer 7820, Lake Charles, LA 70606-7820, Telephone: (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiffs/Appellees — Robert D. Marshall, Tamara N. Marceaux, Daron Christopher Hidalgo, John Thomas Cochran, Gewan Papillion, Alfred Joseph Carrier, Eric Mark Allison, and Marcus Dwayne Clark.

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.

Richard Elliott Wilson , Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, Telephone: (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiffs/Appellees — Gewan Papillion, Eric Mark Allison, Marcus Dwayne Clark, John Thomas Cochran, Daron Christopher Hidalgo, Tamara N. Marceaux, Alfred Joseph Carrier, and Robert D. Marshall.

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.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Shannon J. Gremillion, and Candyce G. Perret, Judges.


The defendant, CITGO Petroleum Corporation (CITGO), appeals the trial court's judgment denying its motion for summary judgment on the issue of statutory employer immunity. The dispute arose following a release of toxic slop oil and fumes and wastewater for which CITGO stipulated fault. Finding genuine issues of material...

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