CA-0014-1312 Nonprecedential Affirmed Processed

Edward Aaron v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit · Filed April 15, 2015

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

14-1312
consolidated with
14-1310, 14-1311, 14-1313, and 14-1314

EDWARD AARON ON BEHALF OF
MARIE OLIVIA AARON

VERSUS

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION, ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NO. 2003-1102
HONORABLE ROBERT L. WYATT, DISTRICT JUDGE

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PHYLLIS M. KEATY
JUDGE

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Court composed of John D. Saunders, James T. Genovese, and Phyllis M. Keaty,
Judges.

AFFIRMED.

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J. Arthur Smith, III
Smith Law Firm
830 North Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
(225) 383-7716
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants:
Gloria M. Ned, et al.

Leonard Knapp
Attorney at Law
Post Office Box 1665
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
(337) 439-1700
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants:
Gloria M. Ned, et al.

Brian Crawford
Crawford & Ogg
Post Office Box 14600
Monroe, Louisiana 71207
(318) 325-3200
Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants:
Gloria M. Ned, et al.

David A. Fraser
Pamela L. Courtney
Fraser, Wheeler & Bergstedt, L.L.P.
Post Office Box 4886
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70606
(337) 478-8595
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
Union Pacific Corporation
Dallas Stutes

H. Alston Johnson, III
Steven J. Levine
Kevin W. Welsh
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Post Office Box 4412
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4412
(225) 346-0285
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
Union Pacific Corporation
Dallas Stutes

Merrick Walton
Attorney at Law
3515 Rice Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77005
(713) 665-8464
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
Union Pacific Corporation
Dallas Stutes

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William B. Monk
Allyson E. Champagne
Kathleen T. Deanda
Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P.
Post Office Box 2900
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
(337) 436-9491
Counsel for Defendants/Appellees:
PPG Industries, Inc.
A. L. Greathouse
Tommy G. Brown
W. J. Peard

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KEATY, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion and consolidated case hereto, Ned

v. Union Pacific Corp., 14-1310 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/15), ___ So.3d ___, the trial

court’s judgment is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

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