UNION PACIFIC R. CO. v. CHENIER

No. 01-21-00073-CV.

649 S.W.3d 440 (2022)

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant v. Betty CHENIER, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied February 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Tsuchiyama Baker , Earnest W. Wotring , John Muir , David George , Baker * Wotring LLP, JPMorgan Chase tower, 600 Travis St., Ste. 700, Houston, Texas 77002, for Appellant.

Marrick Armstrong , Derrick A. Reed , Stephens Reed & Armstrong, PLLC, 12234 Shadow Creek Parkway, Ste. 1104, Pearland, Texas 77584, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Landau and Countiss.


OPINION

Betty Chenier and a dozen other plaintiffs sued Union Pacific Railroad Company for various torts based on or in response to Union Pacific's failure to act. They alleged that Union Pacific failed to adequately warn them about cancer-causing soil and groundwater contaminants from Union Pacific's nearby...

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