CA 18-171, CA 18-169 Precedential Affirmed Processed

Dowling v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed November 28, 2018 · 259 So. 3d 1085

Opinion text

Robert E. Landry, Patrick D. Gallaugher, Kevin P. Fontenot, Scofield, Gerard, Pohorelsky, Gallaugher & Landry, 901 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 900, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 433-9436, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: Citgo Petroleum Corporation Craig Isenberg, Kyle W. Siegel, Joshua O. Cox, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, 909 Poydras, 24 th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 589-9700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT APPELLANT: Citgo Petroleum Corporation Wells T. Watson, Jake D. Buford, Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, P.O. Drawer 7820, Lake Charles, LA 70606-7820, (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Odelia Dowling Richard Elliott Wilson, Somer G. Brown, Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Odelia Dowling Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, John D. Saunders, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges. COOKS, Judge. *1086 For the reasons assigned by this court in Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , 18-169 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/28/18) , --- So.3d ----, the judgment of the trial court awarding Odelia Dowling $13,200.00 in damages for her exposure to the release of hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide into the air by CITGO is affirmed. AFFIRMED. Pickett, J. dissents for the reasons assigned in 18-169, Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.