John M. Duhe, Jr. v. Texaco, Inc.

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 08-656 C/W 08-655

JOHN M. DUHE, JR., ET AL.

VERSUS TEXACO, INC., ET AL.

********** APPEAL FROM THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF IBERIA, NO. 86,848 C/W 88,707 HONORABLE WILLIAM D. HUNTER, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** OSWALD A. DECUIR JUDGE ********** Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, and Sylvia R. Cooks Oswald A. Decuir, Judges.

AFFIRMED.

William Martin Hudson, III Patrick B. McIntire Lawrence E. Marino Lisa A. Benefield Oats & Hudson Suite 400, Gordon Square E. Vermilion Street Lafayette, LA 70501 (337) 233-1100 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellees: Katie Meranto Lawrence Toups Robert L. Theriot Liskow & Lewis First City Tower 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 1800 Houston, TX 77002 (713) 651-2957 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants: Texaco, Inc. Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc. Joe B. Norman Liskow & Lewis Poydras Street, Suite 5000 New Orleans, LA 70139-5099 (504) 581-7979 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants: Texaco, Inc. Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc.

Vanessa W. Anseman Liskow & Lewis Harding Street Lafayette, LA 70505 (337) 232-7424 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants: Texaco, Inc. Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc. Charles Simon McCowan, III Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCowan & Jarman, LLP P. O. Box 3513 Baton Rouge, LA 70825 (225) 387-0999 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants: Texaco, Inc. Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc. DECUIR, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of John M. Duhe, Jr., et al. v. Texaco, Inc., et al, 08-655 (La.App. 3 Cir. ___/___/____), ___ So.2d ___, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. All costs of these proceedings are taxed to appellant, Texaco, Inc. AFFIRMED.