Van Robin v. Cockrell Oil & Gas Corp.

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 06-647 consolidated with 06-646

VAN ROBIN, ET AL.

VERSUS COCKRELL OIL & GAS CORPORATION

************ APPEAL FROM THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF IBERIA, NO. 96507, HONORABLE KEITH R. J. COMEAUX, DISTRICT JUDGE ************ MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN JUDGE ************ Court composed of Michael G. Sullivan, Elizabeth A. Pickett, and Billy Howard Ezell, Judges.

AMENDED AND AFFIRMED AS AMENDED.

David M. Culpepper Attorney at Law Poydras Street, Suite 1710 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 525-8111 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant: Cockrell Oil & Gas Corporation James R. McClelland Post Office Box 592 Franklin, Louisiana 70538 (337) 828-1880 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant: Cockrell Oil & Gas Corporation Vivian B. Guillory Attorney at Law Post Office Box 44033 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 (225) 342-1800 Counsel for Defendant/Appellee: Oyster Lease Damage EvaluationBoard Brandon J. Taylor Philip F. Cossich Cossich, Sumich, & Parsiola Post Office Box 400 Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037 (504) 394-9000 Counsel for Secondary Defendant/Appellant: Van Robin Clear Water Oysters, Inc. SULLIVAN, Judge.

For the reasons discussed in the companion case in this consolidated matter, Cockrell Oil & Gas Corp. v. Caldwell, 06-646 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/06), __ So.2d __, the Board’s determination that Cockrell’s drilling operations in October 2000 damaged Clear Water’s oyster lease and its award of $174,270 as compensation for that damage is affirmed. Clear Water is entitled to legal interest on that award from July 26, 2000 until paid. Costs of this appeal are assessed to Cockrell Oil & Gas Corporation.

AMENDED AND AFFIRMED AS AMENDED.