Case Name: John THIBODEAUX 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 1084
Docket Number: CA 18-174 consolidated with CA 18-169
Parties: John THIBODEAUX
v.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 259
Pages: 1084–1085

Head Matter:
John THIBODEAUX
v.
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.
CA 18-174 consolidated with 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: John Thibodeaux
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: John Thibodeaux
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 $10,000.00 in damages to John Thibodeaux for fear of developing disease is reversed. In all other respects, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND RENDERED.
Pickett, J., concurs in part and dissents in part for the reasons assigned in 18-169, Bowling v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.