Matthews v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Matthews v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.

259 So. 3d 1082

CourtLouisiana Court of Appeal

DecidedNovember 28, 2018

DocketCA 18-172, CA 18-169

StatusPublished

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Matthews v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 259 So. 3d 1082 (La. Ct. App. 2018).

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Opinion

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, 24^th 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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