FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION v. TEXAS BRINE

2018 CA 1391.

324 So.3d 1090 (2021)

FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: May 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Stem , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Sara Valentine , Alexandra Roselli , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellants/Appellees/Defendants Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and Oxy USA, Inc.

Kathy Patrick , Laura Kissel Cassidy , Samuel W. Cruse, III , Houston, Texas, Roy C. Cheatwood , Kent A. Lambert , Adam B. Zuckerman , Colleen C. Jarrott , Matthew S. Chester , Matthew C. Juneau , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Appellee/Defendant Legacy Vulcan, LLC.

Tony M. Clayton , Port Allen, Louisiana, Leopold Z. Sher , James M. Garner , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Christopher T. Chocheles , Jeffrey D. Kessler , David A. Freedman , Melissa R. Harris , Laurie A. Dearman , New Orleans, Louisiana, Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, Louisiana, Eric J. Mayer, Houston, Texas, Travis J. Turner , Gonzales, Louisiana, Dane S. Ciolino , Metairie, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Defendant Texas Brine Company, LLC.

Leopold Z. Sher , James M. Garner , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Christopher T. Chocheles , Jeffrey D. Kessler , New Orleans, Louisiana, Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, Louisiana, Theodore L. Jones , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Eric J. Mayer , Houston, Texas, Travis J. Turner , Gonzales, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Defendant United Brine Services Company, LLC.

Leopold Z. Sher , James M. Garner , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Christopher T. Chocheles , Jeffrey D. Kessler , David A. Freedman , Melissa R. Harris , Laurie A. Dearman , 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, Attorneys for Appellee/Defendant Texas Brine Company, LLC.

Jason Cerise , Jacob Weixler , New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellee/Defendant Adams Resources Exploration.

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

Frank H. Spruiell, Jr. , Reid A. Jones , Seth M. Moyers , Anna W. O'Neal , Shreveport, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellee/Defendant Sol Kirschner.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT, AND BURRIS, JJ.


Legacy Vulcan, LLC, Occidental Chemical Corporation (Oxy), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy Petro), Oxy USA, Inc., and Texas Brine Company, LLC appeal a judgment determining causation, liability, and apportionment of fault for the formation of a sinkhole and the damage it caused in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. United Brine Services...

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