Dowling v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 259 So. 3d 1085 (2018)

Nov. 28, 2018 · Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit · CA 18-171, CA 18-169

259 So. 3d 1085

Odelia DOWLING
v.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.

CA 18-171, CA 18-169

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 28, 2018

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: Odelia Dowling

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: Odelia Dowling

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

COOKS, Judge.

For 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 Odelia Dowling $13,200.00 in damages for her exposure to the release of hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide into the air by CITGO is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

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