Lionel Richard v. BP Products North America, Inc., et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LIONEL RICHARD CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 25-596 BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC., SECTION “O” ET AL. ORDER AND REASONS Naming seven out-of-state oil companies and one in-state pipe-cleaning contractor as defendants,1 Lionel Richard filed this lawsuit in state court seeking to recover damages following his kidney cancer diagnosis, which he alleges was caused by decades of pipe-yard workplace exposure to unsafe levels of radiation from naturally occurring radioactive material (“NORM”). Invoking diversity jurisdiction, Defendants Chevron…