BERNARD v. BP, 2007-1314 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/2/08)

On Supervisory Writs from the Thirty-Eighth Judicial District Court Parish of Cameron, Docket No. 10-16704, Honorable H. Ward Fontenot, District Judge. Donald T. Carmouche, Victor L. Marcello, John H. Carmouche, William R. Coenen, III, John S. DuPont, III, Brian T. Carmouche, Talbot, Carmouche Marcello, Gonzales, Louisiana, Chad E. Mudd, Mudd Bruchhaus, L.L.C., H. David Vaughan, II, Ellen B. Cogswell, Plauche, Smith Nieset, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Respondents, Sandra Bernard Duhon, et al. Patrick S. Ottinger, Paul J. Hebert, Mark D. Sikes, Stuart M. Simoneaud, Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C., Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Relator, KCS Resources, Inc. George Arceneaux, III, Liskow Lewis, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendants, Midgard Energy Company, and Range Production Company of Delaware. John Michael Vernon, Jere Jay Bice, Bice, Palermo Vernon, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendants, BP America Production Company, BP Corporation North America, Inc., and Pan American Petroleum Corporation. Robert J. Burns, Jr., Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis Burns, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendants, Petroleum Resource Management Co., and CTO Investments. A.J. Gray, III, Bart R. Yakupzack, The Gray Law Firm, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendants, River Oaks Exploration, Inc., Jack Lawton, Inc., William B. Lawton Company, Inc., Raville Resources, Inc., Yentzen Investments, Inc., and William T. Burton Industries, Inc. Michael J. Mazzone, Haynes Boone, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, for Defendant, Nortex Corporation. Charles A. Mouton, Mahtook Lafleur, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant, Sunoco. Brett Page Furr, Taylor, Porter, Brooks Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant, Kerrco, Inc.