PONTCHARTRAIN NATURAL GAS v. TEXAS BRINE

2018 CA 1159.

290 So.3d 193 (2019)

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.

Judgment Rendered: November 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leopold Z. Sher , James M. Garner , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Jeffrey D. Kessler , New Orleans, Louisiana, Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, Louisiana, Travis J. Turner , Gonzales, Louisiana, 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, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee/Third-Party Defendant, Reliance Petroleum Corporation.

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

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

Martin A. Stem , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Sara Valentine , New Orleans, Louisiana, Kathy Patrick , Angus J. Dodson , Laura J. Kissel , Houston, Texas, Attorneys for Appellees/Defendants, Third-Party Defendants, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Basic Chemicals Company, LLC, and Occidental VCM, LLC.

Sidney W. Degan, III , Julia A. Dietz , Catherine Thigpen , Matthew F. Morgan , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee/Third-Party Defendant, Chicago Insurance Company.

BEFORE: HIGGINBOTHAM, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.


This is one of several lawsuits arising from the appearance of a sinkhole near Bayou Come in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, in August 2012. The plaintiffs herein, Pontchartrain Natural Gas System, K/D/S Promix, L.L.C., and Acadian Gas Pipeline System, filed suit against Texas Brine Company, LLC, alleging that Texas Brine's mining operations...

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