Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC v. Texas Brine Company, LLC

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION NO. 2020 CW 1177 COMPANY, LLC

VERSUS

TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In Re: Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and OXY USA, Inc., applying for supervisory writs, 23rd Judicial District Court,

Parish of Assumption, No. 34316.

BEFORE : WELCH, PENZATO, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court’s October 22, 2020 judgment confirming jurisdiction over tort claims between Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, OXY USA, Inc. and Texas Brine Company, LLC is reversed, and Texas Brine Company, LLC’s motion to confirm tort jurisdiction is denied. See Pontchartrain Natural Gas System v. Texas Brine Company,

LLC, 2018-1249 (La. App. ist Cir. 12/30/20), _— So.3d _, 2020 WL 7770465.

JEW

AHP

CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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* SDEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT