IN RE NEW ORLEANS TRAIN

Full title: IN RE: NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Aug 1, 2001

794 So. 2d 956 (La. Ct. App. 2001)

794 So. 2d 954

794 So. 2d 955

Opinion

No. 2000-CA-0479.

August 1, 2001.

APPEAL FROM CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, ORLEANS PARISH NO. 87-16374, DIVISION "AD HOC — B" HONORABLE WALLACE A. EDWARDS, JUDGE AD HOC

PLAINTIFFS' MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

PLAINTIFFS' LEGAL COMMITTEE DOHENRY T. DART, DARLEEN M. JACOBS. DAVID P. BAINS, C. JOSEPH MURRAY, JOSEPH M. BRUNO, DAVID W. ROBINSON, HARRY E. CANTRELL, H. EDWARD SHERMAN, FRANK J. D'AMICO, THOMAS L. SMITH, CALVIN C. FAYARD, VERNON P. THOMAS, WENDELL H. GAUTHIER, T. ALLEN USRY, JACK W. HARANG.

WENDELL H. GAUTHIER, BRUCE C. DEAN, GAUTHIER, DOWNING, LaBARRE, BEISER DEAN, METAIRIE, LA, -AND- T. ALLEN USRY, USRY WEEKS, METAIRIE, LA, -AND- JOSEPH M. BRUNO, DAVID SCALIA, ANTHONY IRPINO, BRUNO BRUNO, NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- HENRY T. DART METAIRIE, LA, PLAINTIFFS' LIAISON COUNSEL -AND- DARLEEN M. JACOBS, NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- LUTHER F. COLE, BATON ROUGE, LA, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES.

HARRY S. HARDIN, III, RAYMOND J. SALASSI, JR., JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POITEVENT, CARRERE DENEGRE, L.L.P., NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- SAM A. LEBLANC, III, ADAMS AND REESE, LLP, NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- ROY J. RODNEY, JR., RODNEY, BORDENAVE, BOYKIN, EHRET, NEW ORLEANS, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT (CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.) DANIEL LUND, TIMOTHY F. DANIELS, DAVID W. O'QUINN, MONTGOMERY, BARNETT, BROWN, READ, HAMMOND MINTZ, LLP, NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- JOSEPH L. SHEA, JR., BARLOW AND HARDTNER, L.C., TENTH FLOOR, LOUISIANA TOWER, SHREVEPORT, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT (AMF-BRD, INC.) ERIC SHUMAN, DWAYNE C. JEFFERSON, McGLINCHEY STAFFORD, A.P.L.C., NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- K. ERIC GISLESON, DOUGLAS L. GRUNDMEYER, CHAFFE, McCALL, PHILLIPS, TOLER SARPY, L.L.P., NEW ORLEANS, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT (NOVA CHEMICALS, INC.) JOHN S. KELLER, NEW ORLEANS, LA, -AND- RICHARD C. STANLEY, THOMAS M. FLANAGAN, BRYAN C. REUTER, STANLEY FLANAGAN, L.L.C., NEW ORLEANS, LA, AMICUS CURIAE (THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS).

TAYLOR L. CAFFERY, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, INC., BATON ROUGE, LA, AMICUS CURIAE (THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, INC.).

(Court composed of Chief Judge William H. Byrnes III, Judge Joan Bernard Armstrong and Judge James F. McKay, III)

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, JUDGE

The application for rehearing of Nova Chemicals, Inc. ("Polysar") is denied. The duty and liability of Polysar was not determined solely by the ownership of the butadiene, or by any other single factor, but by the several factors discussed in our opinion on original hearing.