Opinion
NUMBER 2018 CA 1048
02-22-2019
SUSAN RUSSO MARCHAND, ET AL v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC, ET AL
Leopold Z. Sher James M. Garner Peter L. Hilbert, Jr. Neal J. Kling Jeffrey D. Kessler Jonathan B. Cerise Martha Y. Curtis New Orleans, LA Robert Ryland Percy III Travis J. Turner Gonzales, LA Troy J. Charpentier Bradley C. Myers Katie D. Bell Baton Rouge, LA Dane S. Ciolino Metairie, LA Eric J. Mayer Houston, TX Counsel for Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant Texas Brine Company, LLC Mary S. Johnson Ingrid K. Laurendine Mandeville, LA Nichole M. Gray Aimee E. Chalin New Orleans, LA Counsel for Third-Party Defendants/Appellees AIG Specialty Insurance Company, New Hampshire Insurance Company, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
On appeal from the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court In and for the Parish of Assumption State of Louisiana
Docket No. 34,270 Honorable Jason Verdigets, Judge Presiding Leopold Z. Sher
James M. Garner
Peter L. Hilbert, Jr.
Neal J. Kling
Jeffrey D. Kessler
Jonathan B. Cerise
Martha Y. Curtis
New Orleans, LA Robert Ryland Percy III
Travis J. Turner
Gonzales, LA Troy J. Charpentier
Bradley C. Myers
Katie D. Bell
Baton Rouge, LA Dane S. Ciolino
Metairie, LA Eric J. Mayer
Houston, TX Counsel for
Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant
Texas Brine Company, LLC Mary S. Johnson
Ingrid K. Laurendine
Mandeville, LA Nichole M. Gray
Aimee E. Chalin
New Orleans, LA Counsel for
Third-Party Defendants/Appellees
AIG Specialty Insurance
Company, New Hampshire
Insurance Company, and
National Union Fire Insurance
Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT, AND PENZATO, JJ. GUIDRY, J.
Texas Brine Company, LLC filed an appeal challenging a January 16, 2018 judgment sustaining an exception of lis pendens and dismissing Texas Brine's third-party demands against AIG Specialty Insurance Company, New Hampshire Insurance Company, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., as alleged insurers of Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and/or Oxy USA, Inc., without prejudice. The parties have since filed a "Joint Motion To Summarily Dismiss Appeal As Moot."
Under Rule 2-8.3 of the Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal, any appeal may be summarily dismissed where there has been a joint motion filed by all interested parties or their counsel of record, which shall set forth the reason for such action, and which shall be supported by appropriate affidavits that the facts alleged are true and correct.
Based on the parties' joint motion, which complies with URCA Rule 2-8.3, we dismiss the appeal. We need not address any other outstanding motions related to this appeal. We assess costs of the appeal one-half to Texas Brine Company, LLC, and one-half to AIG Specialty Insurance Company, New Hampshire Insurance Company, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
APPEAL DISMISSED.