Legal Opinion
Thibodeaux v. Wellmate
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 27, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-1375PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
SECTION: “E” (5)
SUSIE MORGAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendant’s motion for summary judgment.1 For the reasons set forth below, the motion is DENIED.
BACKGROUND
This is a products liability action. Plaintiff Joel C. Thibodeaux (“Thibodeaux”) was hired by Plaintiff-in-Intervention Chevron USA Inc. in June 2007 as an operator.2 A Wellmate 12 tank, manufactured by Defendant Pentair Water Treatment' OH Company (“Pentair”), was installed as part of a potable water system on the Chevrqn-op-erated platform on which Thibodeaux was working.3 On July 5, 2011,…
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