Margaret Fisk Munro v. British American Oil Producing Co.

EZELL, Judge.

| Multiple defendants in an oilfield contamination lawsuit filed a joint motion to dismiss the Plaintiffs’ suit against them due to abandonment under La.Code Civ.P. art. 561. The Plaintiffs opposed the motion to dismiss, asserting that a bankruptcy filing against one of the Defendants automatically stayed all state court claims against, not only the bankrupt Defendant, but the other Defendants as well. After the trial court denied the motion to dismiss, the Defendants, who moved for dismissal, filed an application for supervisory writs with this court. A panel of this court…