2023-C-00619 Precedential Remanded Processed

Jill Stauder And Shelley Stauder, Individually And On Behalf Of The Deceased, David Stauder, Jr. v. Shell Oil Company, Avondale Shipyards, Inc., Anco Insulations, Inc., Lou-con, Inc., The Mccarty Corporation A Nd Taylor- Seidenbach, Inc.

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed January 17, 2024

Opinion text

Supreme Court of Louisiana
January 17, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
JILL STAUDER AND SHELLEY STAUDER,
INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE
DECEASED, DAVID STAUDER, JR.
VS.
SHELL OIL COMPANY,
AVONDALE
SHIPYARDS, INC., ANCO INSULATIONS,
INC., LOU-CON, INC., THE MCCARTY
CORPORATION A
ND TAYLOR-
SEIDENBACH, INC.
No. 2023-C-00619
_ _ _ _
_ _
IN RE
: Union Carbide Corporation - Applicant Other; Applying For Writ Of
Certiorari, Parish of Orleans Civil, Orleans Civil District Court Number(s) 2016-
02190, Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2022-CA-0593;
_ _ _ _ _ _
January 17, 2024
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., dissents and would deny the writ.
Genovese, J., dissents and would deny the writ.
Griffin, J., dissents and would deny the writ.
SJC
JLW
WJC
JBM
01/17/2024 "See News Release 002 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2023-C-00619
JILL STAUDER AND SHELLEY STAUDER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON
BEHALF OF THE DECEASED, DAVID STAUDER, JR.
VS.
SHELL OIL COMPANY, AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., ANCO
INSULATIONS, INC., LOU-CON, INC., THE MCCARTY CORPORATION
AND TAYLOR-SEIDENBACH, INC.
On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Parish of Orleans
Civil
PER CURIAM
Writ granted. The court of appeal’s ruling is vacated and the matter is
remanded to the court of appeal for reconsideration of the jury’s award of wrongful
death damages in light of the standards of review enunciated by this Court in Pete v.
Boland Marine, 23-170 (La. 10/20/23), __ So. 3d __, reh’g denied (La. 12/7/23).
01/17/24