ARCENEAUX v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CA 18-370.

263 So.3d 1251 (2019)

Leon J. ARCENEAUX, et al. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Landry , Kevin P. Fontenot , Scofield, Gerard, Pohorelsky, Gallaugher & Landry, 901 Lakeshore Drive, #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, Ste 2400, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 589-9700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Marshall Joseph Simien, Jr. , Simien Law Firm, One Lakeshore Drive, Suite 1110, Lake Charles, LA 70629, (337) 497-0022, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Wells Talbot Watson , Jake D. Buford , Bagget, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, 3006 Country Club Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605, (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Rickey Haley, Gardenia Amos, Sara Stevens, Bill Peltier, Linda Harris.

Richard Elliott Wilson , Somer G. Brown , Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Sara Stevens, Gardenia Amos, Linda Harris, Rickey Haley.

Kirk Albert Patrick, III , Heath Savant , Donahue, Patrick & Scott, 450 Laurel St., Suite 1600, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, (225) 214-1908, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT: R & R Construction, Inc.

Court composed of John D. Saunders, Billy Howard Ezell, and Candyce G. Perret, Judges.


This case is one of many stemming from the well-documented CITGO slop oil release and air release that occurred at its Calcasieu Parish Refinery on June 19, 2006. Defendant-Appellant CITGO Petroleum Corporation ("CITGO") appeals the trial court's judgment finding causation and awarding...

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