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ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE v. TEXAS BRINE

No. 2018 CA 1626 No. 2018 CA 1627 No. 2018 CA 1628.

307 So.3d 1061 (2020)

ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURY v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, L.L.C. and Occidental Chemical Corporation. Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack v. Texas Brine Company, L.L.C. and Occidental Chemical Corporation. State of Louisiana v. Texas Brine Company, L.L.C. and Occidental Chemical Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: June 24, 2020.

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, James E. Kuhn , Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Eric J. Mayer , Houston, Texas, Travis J. Turner Gonzales, Louisiana, Dane S. Ciolino , Metairie, Louisiana, Theodore L. Jones , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellant Texas Brine Company, L.L.C.

Joseph L. Shea, Jr. , Katherine Smith Baker , Ashley G. Gable , Joshua S. Chevallier , Shreveport, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellee Reliance Petroleum Corporation.

Matthew J. Randazzo, III , Christopher B. Bailey , Will Montz , Shawn A. Carter , Joshua S. Barnhill , Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellees Browning Oil Company, Inc., LORCA Corporation and Colorado Crude Company.

Erika L. Bright , Jeffrey L. Mills , Dallas, Texas, Franklin H. Spruiell, Jr. , Reid A. Jones , Seth M. Moyers , Shreveport, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellee Sol Kirschner.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT, AND PENZATO, JJ.

This appeal is one of many arising from the Bayou Come sinkhole that developed on August 3, 2012, following the collapse of a salt mine cavern connected with the operation of a brine production well known as the Oxy Geismer #3 by defendant/third-party plaintiff, Texas Brine Company, LLC ("Texas Brine"). Herein, Texas Brine challenges...

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