Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2018

Matthews v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.

Matthews v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Decided November 28, 2018
259 So. 3d 1082 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Matthews v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Landry, Patrick D. Gallaugher, Kevin P. Fontenot, Scofield, Gerard, Pohorelsky, Gallaugher & Landry, 901 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 900, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 433-9436, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: Citgo Petroleum Corporation

Craig Isenberg, Kyle W. Siegel, Joshua O. Cox, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, 909 Poydras, 24th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 589-9700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT APPELLANT: Citgo Petroleum Corporation

Wells T. Watson, Jake D. Buford, Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, P. O. Drawer 7820, Lake Charles, LA 70606-7820, (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Ricky Matthews

Richard Elliott Wilson, Somer G. Brown, Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Ricky Matthews

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, John D. Saunders, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.

COOKS, Judge.

*1083For the reasons assigned by this court in Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , 18-169 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/28/18), --- So.3d ----, the judgment of the trial court awarding Ricky Matthews $45,732.00 in damages for his exposure to the slop oil released by CITGO is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

Pickett, J., dissents for the reasons assigned in 18-169, Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.

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