Legal Opinion
Trahan v. BP America Production Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 7, 2016No. 16-267PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEATY, Judge.
PIaintiffs/landowners in this legacy litigation 1 appeal a judgment granting a motion for summary judgment based on prescription filed by defendant, BP America Production Company (BP), and dismissing *169their claims against it. Finding that numerous genuine issues of material fact remain, we reverse.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
According to a Petition for Damages filed on March 3, 2011, Plaintiffs own property in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, (hereinafter referred to as “the property”), which had sustained both surface and subsurface contamination as a result of the historical oil and…
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