GARZA v. PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

Civil Action No. 13-742-SDD-SCR.

MANUEL GARZA, ET AL. v. PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, ET AL.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

March 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Garza, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Larry Laborde, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Lynn Laborde, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Michael Northcutt, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Larry A Smith, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Donald Stephens, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Wayne Buckley, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Charles Easterling, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Steven Goode, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Jerry Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

James Little, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Paul Luckey, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

James Wells, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Christian MacFetters , The Young Firm, Philip R. Adams, Jr. , The Young Firm, Tammy Dianne Harris , The Young Firm, Timothy Justin Young , The Young Firm & Vallie Schwartz Dugas , The Young Firm.

Union Carbide Corp., Defendant, represented by Deborah Kuchler , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, Ernest G. Foundas , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, Francis Xavier DeBlanc, III , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, McGready Lewis Richeson , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, Michael H. Abraham , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, Milele N. St. Julien , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner Richeson & Perrey S. Lee , Kuchler Polk.

Montello, Inc., Defendant, represented by David Cartan Loker Gibbons, Jr. , Thompson, Gibbons & Westholz, LLC.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Successor in interest to Phillips Petroleum Company f/k/a/ConocoPhillips and n/k/a Phillips 66 company and Phillips 66 Company formerly d/b/a Drilling Specialties Company, Defendant, represented by Kathleen F. Drew , Adams & Reese.

Coastal Chemical Co., L.L.C., Defendant, represented by Campbell Edington Wallace , Frilot, LLC, Allen J. Krouse, III , Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, LC & Caroline E Conway , Frilot L.L.C..

Rowan Companies Inc, Defendant, represented by Delos E. Flint, Jr. , Fowler, Rodriguez, E. Stuart Ponder , Fowler, Rodriguez & Lawrence Raymond DeMarcay, III , Fowler, Rodriguez.

Harbinger Group, Inc., Defendant, represented by Jacqueline M. Brettner , Carver Darden & Lindsay E. Spann , Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman.

Diamond Offshore Company, Defendant, represented by Michael J. Vondenstein , Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale.

Nustar Energy, Defendant, represented by Jay Morton Jalenak, Jr. , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, Bradley Joseph Schlotterer , Kean Miller LLP, Sarah K. Weissman , Kean Miller LLP & Sean T. McLaughlin , Kean Miller LLP.

Kaneb Management Company, Defendant, represented by Jay Morton Jalenak, Jr. , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, Bradley Joseph Schlotterer , Kean Miller LLP, Sarah K. Weissman , Kean Miller LLP & Sean T. McLaughlin , Kean Miller LLP.

ENSCO Offshore Company, Defendant, represented by Delos E. Flint, Jr. , Fowler, Rodriguez, E. Stuart Ponder , Fowler, Rodriguez & Lawrence Raymond DeMarcay, III , Fowler, Rodriguez.

Phillips 66 Company, Defendant, represented by Kathleen F. Drew , Adams & Reese.


MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT

STEPHEN C. RIEDLINGER, Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is the Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand filed by plaintiffs Manuel Garza, Larry Laborde, Lynne Laborde, Michael Northcutt, Larry A. Smith, Donald Stephens, Wayne Buckley, Charles Easterling, Steven Goode, Jerry Johnson, James Little, Paul Luckey, and James Wells. Record document number 20. The motion is opposed.1

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