PHILLIPS v. EXXON CHEMICAL LOUISIANA, LLC

NO. 2022 CA 1290.

370 So.3d 738 (2023)

Lawrence David PHILLIPS, Jr. v. EXXON CHEMICAL LOUISIANA, LLC, and/or Exxon Chemical Americas, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., The McCarty Corporation, Anco Insulations, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Company, Amec Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc., Resco Holdings, LLC, as Successor to M.W. Kellogg Company, Owens Illinois, Inc. D/b/a Owens-Illinois, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., as Successor-in-Interest to H.E. Wiese, Inc. and Jacobs/wiese Constructors, Inc., Entergy Gulf States La, LLC, Uniroyal Holdings, Inc., Turner Industries Group, LLC Successor-in-Interest to National Maintenance Corporation and Nichols Construction Company, Ameron International Corporation, and CBS Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis O. Unglesby , Lance C. Unglesby , Jamie F. Gontarek , Adrian M. Simm, Jr. , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Anthony Todd Caruso , Denham Springs, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Eunice Phillips and Mollie McCann, Individually and on behalf of Lawrence David Phillips, Jr.

David M. Bienvenu, Jr. , John Allain Viator , Melissa Jade Avant , Thomas C. Naquin , Samantha M. Kennedy , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, James M. Williams , Daniel E. Buras, Jr. , Marshall C. Watson, Jr. , Inemesit U. O'Boyle , Metairie, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Exxon Mobil Corporation.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C.J., WOLFE, AND MILLER, JJ.


This matter is before us on appeal by plaintiffs, Eunice Phillips and Mollie McCann, individually, and on behalf of Lawrence David Phillips, Jr., from a judgment of the trial court entered in conformity with a jury's verdict dismissing plaintiffs' claims against Exxon Mobil Corporation with prejudice. For the reasons that follow, the...

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