Duhon v. PETRO" E", LLC

PAINTER, Judge.

11 Plaintiff, Debra Bergeron Duhon, appeals the judgment granting Defendants’ exception of prematurity and referring the case to the Department of Natural Resources. Finding that the action is not premature, we reverse and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

FACTS

On January 24, 2008, Plaintiff filed suit in the Fifteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Vermilion naming as Defendants Petro “E” L.L.C. (Petro), Estis Well Service, L.L.C. (Estis), Enerquest Oil & Gas, L.L.C. (Enerquest), ConocoPhillips Company, formerly Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips),…