McWilliams v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

EZELL, Judge.

| ¶ Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Texaco, Inc., and Union Oil Company of California (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Defendants”) appeal two judgments of the trial court below. They appeal the trial court’s interlocutory judgment striking of all their defenses for violations of La.Code Civ.P. art. 1471. They also appeal the jury award of $12,000,000.00 in punitive damages, prejudgment interest on future damages, and the award of $458,419.87 in past medical expenses in favor of the plaintiff, Monte McWilliams. For the following reasons, we hereby affirm the judgment in part,…