JODY DWAYNE KOPNICKY VERSUS CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION Consolidated With JONATHAN WIELEY ALEX VERSUS CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT P.O. Box 16577 Lake Charles LA 70616 (337) 433-9403

Wells Talbot Watson Richard Elliott Wilson Bagget, McCall , etc. Cox, Cox & Filo P. O. Drawer 7820 723 Broad Street Lake Charles LA 70606-7820 Lake Charles LA 70601

REHEARING ACTION: May 7, 2008

Docket Number: 07 01483-CW

JODY DWAYNE KOPNICKY VERSUS CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, ET AL ***consolidated with*** JONATHAN WIELEY ALEX, ET AL VERSUS CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, ET AL

Writ Application from Calcasieu Parish Case No. 06-3966 c/w 07-2739

BEFORE JUDGES:

Hon. John D. Saunders Hon. Jimmie C. Peters Hon. Michael G. Sullivan

As counsel of record in the captioned case, you are hereby notified that the application

for rehearing filed by Jody Dwayne Kopnicky and Jonathan Wieley Alex, et al has

this day been

GRANTED. (See attached opinion) Sullivan, J., would deny the rehearing.

cc: Marshall Joseph Simien Jr., Counsel for the Applicant Yul Dubart Lorio, Counsel for the Applicant Dominic Joseph Gianna, Counsel for the Applicant Charles Nolen Harper, Counsel for the Applicant Joe McCaleb Bilbro, Counsel for the Applicant Kirk Albert Patrick III, Counsel for the Respondent