Case Name: Rick MATTHEWS v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.
Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2018-11-28
Citations: 259 So. 3d 1082
Docket Number: CA 18-172, CA 18-169
Parties: Rick MATTHEWS
v.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 259
Pages: 1082–1083

Head Matter:
Rick MATTHEWS
v.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.
CA 18-172, CA 18-169
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
November 28, 2018

Opinion:
Robert E. Landry, Patrick D. Gallaugher, Kevin P. Fontenot, Scofield, Gerard, Pohorelsky, Gallaugher & Landry, 901 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 900, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 433-9436, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Craig Isenberg, Kyle W. Siegel, Joshua O. Cox, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC, 909 Poydras, 24th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 589-9700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT APPELLANT: Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Wells T. Watson, Jake D. Buford, Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan, P. O. Drawer 7820, Lake Charles, LA 70606-7820, (337) 478-8888, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Ricky Matthews
Richard Elliott Wilson, Somer G. Brown, Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson, LLC, 723 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, (337) 436-6611, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE: Ricky Matthews
Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, John D. Saunders, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.
COOKS, Judge.
For the reasons assigned by this court in Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , 18-169 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/28/18), - So.3d -, the judgment of the trial court awarding Ricky Matthews $45,732.00 in damages for his exposure to the slop oil released by CITGO is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
Pickett, J., dissents for the reasons assigned in 18-169, Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.