FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION v. TEXAS BRINE

No. 2018 CA 1714.

290 So.3d 719 (2019)

FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC, 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, LA, Travis J. Turner , Gonzales, LA, Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, LA, Dane S. Ciolino , Metairie, LA, 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.

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

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

Martin A. Stern , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Sara Valentine , Alexandra Roselli , New Orleans, LA, Kathy Patrick , Angus J. Dodson , Laura Kissel Cassidy , Houston, TX, Attorneys for Appellees/Defendants, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Basic Chemicals Company, LLC, and Occidental VCM, LLC.

BEFORE: HIGGINBOTHAM, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.


This is one of several lawsuits connected to the sinkhole litigation that originated in Assumption Parish. Following the development of a sinkhole in August 2012, Florida Gas Transmission Company filed suit against Texas Brine Company, LLC, alleging Texas Brine's salt mining operations at

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