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Leblanc et al v. Texas Brine Company, LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:12-cv-02059

Court:

Louisiana Eastern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Jay C. Zainey

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  1. August 16, 2017

    Occidental Fights Landowners' Cert. Bid In Sinkhole Suit

    Occidental Chemical Corp. asked a Louisiana federal judge on Tuesday to block a bid for class certification by landowners suing over a massive sinkhole that opened near the underground operations of Texas Brine Co., saying proposed class members are not bound by a common issue.

  2. January 10, 2017

    Sinkhole Insurers Can't Escape Brine Co.'s Claims

    A Louisiana federal judge has denied four insurance companies' motions for dismissal in a suit arising from a massive sinkhole that opened near the underground operations of Texas Brine Co., saying Monday that the companies merely reheated arguments already rejected elsewhere.

  3. November 16, 2016

    Landowners Push For Class Cert. In La. Sinkhole Suit

    A group of Louisiana landowners suing a brine company and insurers over a 400-foot-wide sinkhole that appeared near them asked a federal judge Tuesday for class certification, saying the question of whether the sinkhole caused them harm is a common issue suited for a class action.

  4. August 24, 2016

    Brine Co. Must Arbitrate With Sinkhole Insurers, Judge Told

    Occidental Chemical Corp. told a federal court on Tuesday that Texas Brine Co. should have to take claims against three of Occidental's insurers over a massive drilling-related sinkhole to arbitration because Louisiana law demands it.

  5. July 12, 2016

    Oil Co. Must Face Texas Brine's Claims In Sinkhole Suit

    A Louisiana federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss Texas Brine Co.'s third-party claims against Reliance Petroleum Corp. stemming from an $80 million class action over a massive sinkhole, rejecting the oil company's attempts to distance itself from a well linked to the sinkhole.

  6. March 28, 2016

    Petroleum Co. Wants Out Of $80M Sinkhole Contract Row

    Reliance Petroleum Corp. has urged a Louisiana federal judge to toss Texas Brine Co.'s third-party contract and negligence claims against it stemming from a $80 million class action over a massive sinkhole, saying Reliance was merely a non-operating interest in an oil well allegedly linked to the sinkhole's formation.

  7. November 23, 2015

    La. Law Applies In $80M Sinkhole Coverage Row, Judge Says

    A Louisiana federal judge said Monday that the state's law should apply to one insurer's fight with Texas Brine over coverage for an $80 million class action related to damage from a sinkhole allegedly caused by the company's operations, but refused to apply Louisiana law to all insurers in the case.

  8. November 06, 2015

    Residents Say Louisiana Law Proper For $80M Sinkhole Suit

    Louisiana residents and business owners in an $80 million class action aimed at holding Texas Brine responsible for massive 2012 sinkhole urged a Louisiana federal court Friday to grant the company's motion for Louisiana law to apply in a third-party dispute over insurance coverage of the incident. 

  9. November 05, 2015

    Engineering Firm Seeks Exit From $80M Sinkhole Suit

    Miller Engineers & Associates Inc. told a Louisiana federal judge Wednesday it played no role in the development, construction or maintenance of a salt cavern operated by Texas Brine that turned into a massive sinkhole and spawned an $80 million class action, thus claims against it should be dismissed.

  10. October 28, 2015

    $80M Sinkhole Dispute Falls Under Texas Law, Insurers Say

    Insurers for Texas Brine urged a Louisiana federal court on Tuesday to deny the company's request to apply Louisiana law in a dispute over at least $80 million in coverage for a class action stemming from a massive sinkhole allegedly caused by the company's brine production facility, with some arguing that Texas law applies instead.

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