EDWARD AARON, ET AL. VERSUS UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, ET AL.

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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 14-1312 consolidated with 14-1310, 14-1311, 14-1313, and 14-1314 EDWARD AARON ON BEHALF OF MARIE OLIVIA AARON VERSUS UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION, ET AL. ********** APPEAL FROM THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NO. 2003-1102 HONORABLE ROBERT L. WYATT, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** PHYLLIS M. KEATY JUDGE ********** Court composed of John D. Saunders, James T. Genovese, and Phyllis M. Keaty, Judges. AFFIRMED. J. Arthur Smith, III Smith Law Firm 830 North Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 383-7716 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Gloria M. Ned, et al. Leonard Knapp Attorney at Law Post Office Box 1665 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 (337) 439-1700 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Gloria M. Ned, et al. Brian Crawford Crawford & Ogg Post Office Box 14600 Monroe, Louisiana 71207 (318) 325-3200 Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Gloria M. Ned, et al. David A. Fraser Pamela L. Courtney Fraser, Wheeler & Bergstedt, L.L.P. Post Office Box 4886 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70606 (337) 478-8595 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: Union Pacific Corporation Dallas Stutes H. Alston Johnson, III Steven J. Levine Kevin W. Welsh Phelps Dunbar LLP Post Office Box 4412 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4412 (225) 346-0285 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: Union Pacific Corporation Dallas Stutes Merrick Walton Attorney at Law 3515 Rice Boulevard Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 665-8464 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: Union Pacific Corporation Dallas Stutes William B. Monk Allyson E. Champagne Kathleen T. Deanda Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P. Post Office Box 2900 Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 (337) 436-9491 Counsel for Defendants/Appellees: PPG Industries, Inc. A. L. Greathouse Tommy G. Brown W. J. Peard KEATY, Judge. For the reasons set forth in the companion and consolidated case hereto, Ned v. Union Pacific Corp., 14-1310 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/15), ___ So.3d ___, the trial court’s judgment is affirmed. AFFIRMED.

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