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SWEET LAKE LAND v. OLEUM OPERATING

21-169.

362 So.3d 486 (2021)

The SWEET LAKE LAND AND OIL COMPANY, LLC, v. OLEUM OPERATING COMPANY, L.C., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy E. Wall , Paul E. Bullington , Jonathan R. Cook , Sara M. Lewis , Wall, Bullington & Cook, LLC, 540 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Harahan, Louisiana 70123, (504) 736-0347 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE: The Sweet Lake Land and Oil Company, LLC

Alan J. Berteau , R. Benn Vincent, Jr. , Matthew B. Smith , Hattie V. Guidry , James Patrick Dore , Kean Miller, LLP, Post Office Box 3513, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821, (225) 387-0999 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Sohio Petroleum Company BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. BP Products North America, Inc.

Kelly B. Becker , Liskow & Lewis, 701 Poydras Street, Suite 5000, New Orleans, Louisiana 70139, (504) 581-7979, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS: Sohio Petroleum Company BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. BP Products North America, Inc.

Paul Matthew Jones , Brian W. Capell , Liskow & Lewis, Post Office Box 52008, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505, (337) 232-7424, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: AKSM, L.C., Oleum Operating Company, L.C.

Thomas E. Balhoff , Judith R.E. Atkinson , Carlton Jones, III , Roedell Parsons Koch Blache Balhoff & McCollister, 8440 Jefferson Hwy. Suite 301, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809-7652, (225) 929-7033, HEARING OFFICERS FOR: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

Guillermo A. Iturralde , Hearing Officer, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of General Counsel, Post Office Box 94396 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 (225) 342-2710 F. Jonathan Rice , John W. Adams Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation Post Office Box 94275 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804.

Court composed of Elizabeth A. Pickett, John E. Conery, and Candyce G. Perret, Judges.

Plaintiff Sweet Lake Land and Oil Company, LLC (Sweet Lake) pursued this legacy oilfield litigation against British Petroleum corporate entities (BP), among others, seeking remediation and damages associated with decades-long oilfield operations on its property. After a 2015 trial at which a jury determined BP to be solely responsible...

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