Opinion
14-1314 c/w 14-1310 c/w 14-1311 c/w 14-1312 c/w 14-1313
04-15-2015
LIONEL THIBODEAUX ON BEHALF OF RUTH THIBODEAUX AND ERNEST THIBODEAUX v. UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION, ET AL.
J. Arthur Smith, III Smith Law Firm 830 North Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 383-7716 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Gloria M. Ned, et al. Leonard Knapp Attorney at Law Post Office Box 1665 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 (337) 439-1700 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Gloria M. Ned, et al. Brian Crawford Crawford & Ogg Post Office Box 14600 Monroe, Louisiana 71207 (318) 325-3200 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Gloria M. Ned, et al. David A. Fraser Pamela L. Courtney Fraser, Wheeler & Bergstedt, L.L.P. Post Office Box 4886 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70606 (337) 478-8595 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: Union Pacific Corporation Dallas Stutes H. Alston Johnson, III Steven J. Levine Kevin W. Welsh Phelps Dunbar LLP Post Office Box 4412 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4412 (225) 346-0285 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: Union Pacific Corporation Dallas Stutes Merrick Walton Attorney at Law 3515 Rice Boulevard Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 665-8464 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: Union Pacific Corporation Dallas Stutes William B. Monk Allyson E. Champagne Kathleen T. Deanda Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P. Post Office Box 2900 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 (337) 436-9491 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: PPG Industries, Inc. A. L. Greathouse Tommy G. Brown W. J. Peard
APPEAL FROM THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NO. 2003-1107
HONORABLE ROBERT L. WYATT, DISTRICT JUDGE
Court composed of John D. Saunders, James T. Genovese, and Phyllis M. Keaty, Judges.
AFFIRMED. J. Arthur Smith, III
Smith Law Firm
830 North Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
(225) 383-7716
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants:
Gloria M. Ned, et al.
Leonard Knapp
Attorney at Law
Post Office Box 1665
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
(337) 439-1700
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants:
Gloria M. Ned, et al.
Brian Crawford
Crawford & Ogg
Post Office Box 14600
Monroe, Louisiana 71207
(318) 325-3200
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants:
Gloria M. Ned, et al.
David A. Fraser
Pamela L. Courtney
Fraser, Wheeler & Bergstedt, L.L.P.
Post Office Box 4886
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70606
(337) 478-8595
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
Union Pacific Corporation
Dallas Stutes
H. Alston Johnson, III
Steven J. Levine
Kevin W. Welsh
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Post Office Box 4412
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4412
(225) 346-0285
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
Union Pacific Corporation
Dallas Stutes
Merrick Walton
Attorney at Law
3515 Rice Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77005
(713) 665-8464
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
Union Pacific Corporation
Dallas Stutes
William B. Monk
Allyson E. Champagne
Kathleen T. Deanda
Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P.
Post Office Box 2900
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
(337) 436-9491
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
PPG Industries, Inc.
A. L. Greathouse
Tommy G. Brown
W. J. Peard
KEATY, Judge.
For the reasons set forth in the companion and consolidated case hereto, Ned v. Union Pacific Corp., 14-1310 (La.App. 3 Cir. ___/___/15), ___ So.3d ___, the trial court's judgment is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.