PONTCHARTRAIN NATURAL v. TEXAS BRINE CO.

NO. 2018 CA 0606.

268 So.3d 1058 (2018)

PONTCHARTRAIN NATURAL GAS SYSTEM, K/D/S Promix, L.L.C., and Acadian Gas Pipeline System v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leopold Z. Sher , James M. Garner , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Neal J. Kling , Jeffrey D. Kessler , Amanda R. Schenck , New Orleans, LA, Theodore L. Jones , Baton Rouge, LA, Travis J. Turner , Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, LA, Eric J. Mayer , Houston, TX, Attorneys for Appellant/Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff, Texas Brine Company, LLC.

Joseph L. Shea, Jr. , Katherine Smith Baker , Ashley G. Gable , Joshua S. Chevallier , Shreveport, LA, Attorneys for Appellee/Third-Party Defendant, Reliance Petroleum Corporation.

Sidney W. Degan, III , Julia A. Dietz , Wade B. Hammett , Matthew F. Morgan , New Orleans, LA, Catherine N. Thigpen , Baton Rouge, LA, Attorneys for Appellee/Third-Party Defendant, Chicago Insurance Company.

Martin A. Stern , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Sara Valentine , Alexandra Roselli , New Orleans, LA, Brad D. Brian , Daniel B. Levin , Bethany W. Kristovich , Los Angeles, CA, Kathy Patrick , Angus J. Dodson , Laura J. Kissel , Houston, TX, Attorneys for Appellees/Third-Party Defendants, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Basic Chemicals Company, LLC, and Occidental VCM, LLC.

Frank H. Spruiell, Jr. , Reid A. Jones , Seth M. Moyers , Shreveport, LA, Attorneys for Appellee/Third-Party Defendant, Sol Kirschner.

Matthew J. Randazzo, III , Christopher B. Bailey , Will Montz , Lafayette, LA, Attorneys for Appellees/Third-Party Defendants, LORCA Corporation and Colorado Crude Company.

BEFORE: PETTIGREW, McCLENDON, AND HIGGINBOTHAM, JJ.


This appeal relates to one of several lawsuits surrounding the Bayou Come sinkhole that developed on August 3, 2012, following the collapse of a salt mine cavern connected with Texas Brine Company, LLC's operation of a brine production well known as Oxy Geismer # 3 Well ("OG3"). Texas Brine appeals the district court's summary judgment...

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