Legal Opinion

In Re Exxon Coker Fire

District Court, M.D. Louisiana

Decided August 4, 2000No. 3:93-cv-00002PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

RULING ON PEREMPTION ISSUE

POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.

This action arises from a fire that occurred at the Exxon East Coker facility in 1993. Numerous claims have been filed against Exxon Corporation (“Exxon”) in this Court seeking damages allegedly sustained as a result of the fire. Exxon filed an answer denying liability. In this same matter, Exxon also filed a third party claim against Foster Wheeler based on Foster Wheeler’s design and construction of the East Coker unit. In addition, a companion suit was filed in the 19th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Exxon Corp. v. Foster Wheeler Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2001