Opinion
No. 08-656.
December 10, 2008.
Appeal from the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia, No. 86,848 and 88,707, Honorable William D. Hunter, District Judge.
William Martin Hudson, III, Patrick B. McIntire, Lawrence E. Marino, Lisa A. Benefield, Oats Hudson, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Katie Meranto, Lawrence Toups.
Robert L. Theriot, Liskow Lewis, Houston, TX, Joe B. Norman, Liskow Lewis, New Orleans, LA, Vanessa W. Anseman, Liskow Lewis, Lafayette, LA, Charles Simon McCowan, III, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan Jarman, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Texaco, Inc. Texaco Exploration Production, Inc.
Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, and SYLVIA R. COOKS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, Judges.
For the reasons assigned in the companion case of John M. Duke, Jr., et al. v. Texaco, Inc., et al., 08-655 (La.App. 3 Cir. 12/10/08), 998 So.2d 1220, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. All costs of these proceedings are taxed to appellant, Texaco, Inc.