CROSSTEX ENERGY SERVICES v. TEXAS BRINE

DOCKET NUMBER 2018 CA 1425.

342 So.3d 83 (2022)

CROSSTEX ENERGY SERVICES, LP; Crosstex LIG, LLC; and, Crosstex Processing Services, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Decision Rendered: April 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Stern , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Alexandra Roselli , Jeffrey E. Richardson , New Orleans, Louisiana, Kathy Patrick , pro hac vice, Laura Kissel Cassidy , pro hac vice, Samuel W. Cruse, III , pro hac vice, Angus J. Dodson , pro hac vice, Caitlin Halpern , pro hac vice, Houston, Texas, Richard Hymel , Lafayette, Louisiana, Brad D. Brian , Bethany W. Kristovich , Grant Davis-Denny , Daniel B. Levin , Los Angeles, California, Christopher Friend , Meghan Smith , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Appellee/Defendant Occidental Chemical Corporation.

Martin A. Stern , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Alexandra Roselli , New Orleans, Louisiana, Kathy Patrick , pro hac vice, Laura Kissel Cassidy , pro hac vice, Samuel W. Cruse, III , pro hac vice, Caitlin Halpern , pro hac vice, Houston, Texas, Attorneys for Appellant/Appellee/Defendant, Oxy USA Inc.

Martin A. Stern , Leigh Ann Schell , Raymond P. Ward , Alexandra Roselli , New Orleans, Louisiana, Kathy Patrick , pro hac vice, Laura Kissel Cassidy , pro hac vice, Samuel W. Cruse, III , pro hac vice, Caitlin Halpern , pro hac vice, Houston, Texas, Attorneys for Appellant/Appellee/Defendant Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Roy C. Cheatwood , Kent A. Lambert , Tyler Weidlich , Adam B. Zuckerman , Matthew S. Chester , Colleen C. Jarrott , Matthew C. Juneau , Leopoldo J. Yanez , Lauren Brink Adams , Paul C. Thibodeaux , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Appellee/Defendant, Legacy Vulcan, LLC.

James M. Garner , Leopold Z. Sher , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Martha Curtis , Jeffrey D. Kessler , Christopher T. Chocheles , David A. Freedman , Melissa R. Harris , Laurie A. Dearman , Rebekka C. Veith , Darnell Bludworth , New Orleans, Louisiana, Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, Louisiana, Travis J. Turner , Gonzales, Louisiana, Dane S. Ciolino , Metairie, Louisiana, Royce I. Duplessis , New Orleans, Louisiana, James E. Kuhn , Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Appellee/Defendant, Texas Brine Company, LLC.

Leopold Z. Sher , James M. Garner , Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. , Christopher T. Chocheles , Jeffrey D. Kessler , Darnell Bludworth , David A. Freedman , Melissa R. Harris , Laurie A. Dearman , New Orleans, Louisiana, Robert Ryland Percy, III , Gonzales, Louisiana, Royce I. Duplessis , New Orleans, Louisiana, James E. Kuhn , Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Travis J. Turner , Gonzales, Louisiana, Dane S. Ciolino , Metairie, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee/Defendant, United Brine Services Company, LLC.

Shawn Carter , Matthew Randazzo, III , Christopher Bailey , Will Montz , Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel for Appellees/Defendants, Browning Oil Company, Colorado Crude Company, LORCA Corporation.

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: McDONALD, THERIOT, and HESTER, JJ.


Legacy Vulcan, LLC f/k/a Legacy Vulcan Corp. and/or Vulcan Materials Company (Legacy Vulcan), Occidental Chemical Corporation (Oxy), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy Petro), OXY USA Inc. (Oxy USA), and Texas Brine Company, LLC (Texas Brine) appeal a judgment determining causation, liability, and apportionment of fault for the formation...

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