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CROWE v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC.

No. 2012 CA 1323, Consolidated with Nos. 2012 CA 1324, 2012 CA 1325, 2012 CA 1326, 2012 CA 1327, 2012 CA 1328, 2012 CA 1329, 2012 CA 1330, 2012 CA 1331, 2012 CA 1332, 2012 CA 1333.

ROGER AND DIANNE CROWE, JAMES AND ERICA SPANO, DARLENE WOODS, AND DERRICK C. GUYOT v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC, RICH ROSENKOETTER AND CHEMINEER, INC. MAJORIE TOALSON AND JACKIE RAGSDALE, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, KATELYN RAGSDALE, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., AND RICH ROSENKOETTER JOHN CAPPS, SR. AND JOHN CAPPS, JR. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC. AND RICH ROSENKOETTER ROBERT PICKENS, SHIRLEY PICKENS, CYNTHIA VICTOR, BARON VICTOR, SR., AND STEPHANIE PRICE v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., RICH ROSENKOETTER AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY FLOYD WILLIAMS, CRYSTAL WILLIAMS, GEORGE SINGLETARY, MARGIE SINGLETARY, GREGORY WEISCOFF, EDDIE GUITERREZ, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., AND RICH ROSENKOETTER DELORES GREEN, TOMMIE ROSCOE, JR., FANNIE SMITH, KATHERINE HOPKINS, TROY RILEY, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., RICH ROSENKOETTER AND CHEMINEER, INC. DONNA BLACKWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND O/B/O THE MINOR, STACEY BLACKWELL, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., RICH ROSENKOETTER AND CHEMINEER, INC. KEITHA BRAUCKHOFF, MICHAEL BRAUCKHOFF, ROBERT FACIANE, REVERAND HENRY GAINES, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., RICH ROSENKOETTER AND CHEMINEER, INC. GRETA BATISTE, JEROME BATISTE, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILD, BRANDON BALANCIER, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., RICH ROSENKOETTER AND CHEMINEER, INC. ELAINE ACKER, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC. AND CHEMINEER, INC. ELAINE ACKER, GROVER ACKER, JOHN F. ACKER, LEONARD ACKER, CHRISTINE E. ADAMS, KELLY ADOLPH, ET AL. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC. AND CHEMINEER, INC.

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: December 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray , Arthur M. Murray , Jessica W. Hayes , Suzette Bagneris , New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellees Dianne Crowe, Briana J. Spano (represented by Erica Spano) and Derrick C. Guyot.

Ronnie G. Penton , Mary Anna Penton , Gair M. Oldenburg , Bogalusa, LA, and Richard J. Arsenault , Alexandria, LA, and J. Robert Ates , Randolph P. Russel , Mandeville, LA, and Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Reserve, LA, and Stephen R. Rue , Kenner, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/2nd Appellants-Roger Crowe Darlene Woods, Joy B. Nesbit, Larry G. Edmondson, Gerald E. Craddock, Ottis S. Mitchell, Ronald Carver, Sam Ferguson Sherman Jordan, Felton Lathen, Roselee Dumas, and Francisco Bullock.

Richard M. Simses , Houston, TX, and Paul M. Lavelle , Leigh Ann Schell , Deborah D. Kuchler , Joseph H. Hart, IV , Lawrence Abbott , New Orleans, LA, and Ross F. Lagarde , Slidell, LA, Attorneys for Defendant/1st Appellant-Chemineer, Inc.

Luis A. Leitzelar , William L. Schuette , James C. Percy , Michele W. Crosby , Daniel Davis , Christopher D. Martin , Sarah E. Stogner , R. Benn Vincent, Jr. , Baton Rouge, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/1st Appellants-Pearl River Polymers Inc., and Rich Rosenkoetter.

Shawn C. Reed , Kyle T. DelHierro , Amy C. Yenari , Covington, LA, and D. Douglas Howard, Jr. , Roy F. Amedee , New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellees-Marjorie Toalson and Jackie Ragsdale (on behalf of her minor daughter Katelyn Ragsdale).

BEFORE: KUHN, PETTIGREW, AND McDONALD, JJ.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

KUHN, J.

This case is a mass tort action resulting from chemical emissions. For the following reasons, the judgment is amended in part and, as amended, is affirmed.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Beginning at 6:22 p.m. on October 15, 1999, the first of two chemical emissions was released by Pearl River Polymers, Inc., (PRP) a chemical plant located in Pearl River, Louisiana. A second chemical emission followed shortly...

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