Opinion
No. CA 11–1001.
2012-02-1
VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al.
Appeal from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermilion, No. 84384–A, 84388–F, 84377–I, Honorable John Damian Trahan, District Judge.Scott R. Bickford, Regina O. Matthews, Lawrence J. Centola, Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, LA, David L. Landry, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Vermilion Parish School Board. Lawrence Paul Simon, Jr., Stuart T. Welch, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, Robert Louis Theriot, Jana L. Grauberger, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX, for Defendants/Appellees, Amerada Hess Corporation, et al.
Appeal from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermilion, No. 84384–A, 84388–F, 84377–I, Honorable John Damian Trahan, District Judge.Scott R. Bickford, Regina O. Matthews, Lawrence J. Centola, Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, LA, David L. Landry, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Vermilion Parish School Board. Lawrence Paul Simon, Jr., Stuart T. Welch, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, Robert Louis Theriot, Jana L. Grauberger, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX, for Defendants/Appellees, Amerada Hess Corporation, et al. Loulan Joseph Pitre, Jr., Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, LA, Christopher B. Bailey, Gordon, Arata, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas), Inc.John E. Heinrich, Pamela Roman Mascari, Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Honeywell International, Inc.
Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.
EZELL, Judge.
For the reasons assigned in the companion and consolidated case of Vermilion Parish School Board v. ConocoPhillips Co., et al., 11–999 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2/1/12), 83 So.3d 1234, the judgment of the trial court is vacated and reversed. This case is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings. Costs of this appeal are assessed equally amongst the Defendants.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.