Angelle v. Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corp.

STOKER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a suit in which cattle owners claimed damages for the loss of cattle due to arsenic poisoning.

FACTS

Suit was filed by Grover Angelle, Lloyd Higginbotham, Pete Theriot, and the Estate of Stafford Melancon against the Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation (SLEMCO). Plaintiffs assert that SLEMCO sprayed herbicide in the area in which their cattle were grazing; several days later the cattle began to die; samples of grass in the area were found to contain arsenic; and the cows died of arsenic poisoning. They prayed for damages for…