IN RE: NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION
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IN RE: NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION * NO. 2000-CA-0479 * COURT OF APPEAL * FOURTH CIRCUIT * STATE OF LOUISIANA * * ******* APPEAL FROM CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, ORLEANS PARISH NO. 87-16374, DIVISION “AD HOC - B” Honorable Wallace A. Edwards, Judge Ad Hoc ****** JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG JUDGE ****** ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING OF DEFENDANT/APPELLANT, NOVA CHEMICALS, INC. (Court composed of Chief Judge William H. Byrnes III, Judge Joan Bernard Armstrong and Judge James F. McKay, III) PLAINTIFFS’ MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PLAINTIFFS’ LEGAL COMMITTEE HENRY T. DART DAVID P. BAINS JOSEPH M. BRUNO DARLEEN M. JACOBS C. JOSEPH MURRAY DAVID W. ROBINSON HARRY E. CANTRELL FRANK J. D’AMICO CALVIN C. FAYARD WENDELL H. GAUTHIER JACK W. HARANG H. EDWARD SHERMAN THOMAS L. SMITH VERNON P. THOMAS T. ALLEN USRY JOSEPH M. BRUNO DAVID SCALIA ANTHONY IRPINO BRUNO & BRUNO 825 BARONNE STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 -ANDWENDELL H. GAUTHIER BRUCE C. DEAN GAUTHIER, DOWNING, LaBARRE, BEISER & DEAN 3500 NORTH HULLEN STREET METAIRIE, LA 70002 -ANDT. ALLEN USRY USRY & WEEKS 2800 VETERANS BOULEVARD SUITE 180 P. O. BOX 6645 METAIRIE, LA 70009-6645 -ANDHENRY T. DART 3748 NORTH CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD SUITE 301 METAIRIE, LA 70002 PLAINTIFFS’ LIAISON COUNSEL -ANDDARLEEN M. JACOBS 823 ST. LOUIS STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 -ANDLUTHER F. COLE 9213 HILLTRACE AVENUE BATON ROUGE, LA 70809 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES HARRY S. HARDIN, III RAYMOND J. SALASSI, JR. JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POITEVENT, CARRERE & DENEGRE, L.L.P. 201 ST. CHARLES AVENUE 49TH FLOOR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70170-5100 -ANDSAM A. LEBLANC, III ADAMS AND REESE, LLP 4500 ONE SHELL SQUARE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70139 -ANDROY J. RODNEY, JR. RODNEY, BORDENAVE, BOYKIN, & EHRET 400 POYDRAS STREET SUITE 2450 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT (CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.) DANIEL LUND TIMOTHY F. DANIELS DAVID W. O’QUINN MONTGOMERY, BARNETT, BROWN, READ, HAMMOND & MINTZ, LLP 3200 ENERGY CENTRE 1100 POYDRAS STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA 70163-3200 -ANDJOSEPH L. SHEA, JR. BARLOW AND HARDTNER, L.C. TENTH FLOOR, LOUISIANA TOWER 401 EDWARDS STREET P. O. BOX 8 SHREVEPORT, LA 71161-0008 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT (AMF-BRD, INC.) ERIC SHUMAN DWAYNE C. JEFFERSON McGLINCHEY STAFFORD, A.P.L.C. 643 MAGAZINE STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 -ANDK. ERIC GISLESON DOUGLAS L. GRUNDMEYER CHAFFE, McCALL, PHILLIPS, TOLER & SARPY, L.L.P. 1100 POYDRAS STREET SUITE 2300 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70163-2300 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT (NOVA CHEMICALS, INC.) JOHN S. KELLER 639 LOYOLA AVENUE SUITE 1790 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 -ANDRICHARD C. STANLEY THOMAS M. FLANAGAN BRYAN C. REUTER STANLEY & FLANAGAN, L.L.C. 909 POYDRAS STREET SUITE 2630 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 AMICUS CURIAE (THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS) TAYLOR L. CAFFERY AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, INC. 2431 SOUTH ACADIANA THRUWAY SUITE 200 BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 AMICUS CURIAE (THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, INC.) DENIED The application for rehearing of Nova Chemicals, Inc. (“Polysar”) is denied. The duty and liability of Polysar was not determined solely by the ownership of the butadiene, or by any other single factor, but by the several factors discussed in our opinion on original hearing.
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