UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

CLARENCE GARLOW CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS NO. 17-4330

BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION SECTION M (2) INC., et al.

ORDER & REASONS Before the Court is a Daubert motion in limine to exclude the general causation opinions of plaintiff’s medical expert Dr. Jerald Cook filed by defendants BP Exploration & Production Inc., BP America Production Company, BP p.l.c., Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Transocean Holdings LLC, Transocean Deepwater, Inc., and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”).1 Plaintiff Clarence Garlow responds in opposition,2 and Defendants reply in further support of their motion.3 Also before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment in which they argue that the case should be dismissed because Garlow cannot prove general causation without Cook’s opinions.4 Garlow responds in opposition,5 and Defendants reply in further support of their motion.6 Defendants’ motions here are nearly identical to those filed by Defendants, and granted by this Court, in other B3 cases. See, e.g., Carpenter v. BP Expl. & Prod., Inc.,

(E.D. La. July 14, 2022); Johns v. BP Expl. & Prod. Inc.,

(E.D. La. June 2,

1 R. Doc. 45. 2 R. Doc. 48. 3 R. Doc. 56. 4 R. Doc. 46. 5 R. Doc. 47. 6 R. Doc. 58. 2022); Johnson v. BP Expl. & Prod. Inc.,

(E.D. La. June 2, 2022); Macon v. BP Expl. & Prod. Inc.,

(E.D. La. June 2, 2022); Murray v. BP Expl. & Prod. Inc.,

(E.D. La. June 2, 2022); Street v. BP Expl. & Prod. Inc.,

(E.D. La. June 2, 2022). Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the Orders & Reasons issued in those cases,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants’ Daubert motion to exclude Cook (R. Doc. 45) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (R. Doc. 46) is GRANTED, and Garlow’s claims against them are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. New Orleans, Louisiana, this 12th day of August, 2022.

________________________________ BARRY W. ASHE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE