IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

No. 18-30008.

922 F.3d 660 (2019)

IN RE: DEEPWATER HORIZON. Sarah Graham; Max Murray; Richard Wood; John Burrus, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C.; Transocean, Limited; Transocean Offshore, Incorporated; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, Incorporated; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Company; Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C., formerly known as Anadarko E&P Company, L.P.; MOEX Offshore 2007, L.L.C.; MOEX USA Corporation; Mitsui Oil Exploration Company, Limited; Mitsui & Company, Limited; Halliburton Energy Services, Incorporated; Cameron International Corporation, agent of Cooper Cameron Corporation; Triton Asset Leasing, Defendants-Appellees. Kimberly Deagano, Individually and on behalf of minor, Dereck J. Deagano; Ted Deagano, Jr.; Keith Keaghey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C.; Transocean, Limited; Transocean Offshore, Incorporated; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, Incorporated; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Company; Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C., formerly known as Anadarko E&P Company, L.P.; MOEX Offshore 2007, L.L.C.; MOEX USA Corporation; Mitsui Oil Exploration Company, Limited; Mitsui & Company, Limited; Halliburton Energy Services, Incorporated; Cameron International Corporation, agent of Cooper Cameron Corporation; Triton Asset Leasing, Defendants-Appellees James Bryant; Henry Jenkins; Steven Burke; Willie Richardson; Nathan S. Southern; Marion G. Barefoot; Baron Buskell; Johnnie Clopton; Tommy Tripp, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C.; Transocean, Limited; Transocean Offshore, Incorporated; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, Incorporated; Triton Asset Leasing; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Company; Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C., formerly known as Anadarko E&P Company, L.P.; MOEX Offshore 2007, L.L.C.; Moex USA Corporation; Mitsui Oil Exploration Company, Limited; Mitsui & Company, Limited; Halliburton Energy Services, Incorporated; Cameron International Corporation, agent of Cooper Cameron Corporation, Defendants-Appellees Thomas S. Abood; Latasha Acoo; John H. Adams; Michelle Akkan; Mustaffa Akkan, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Plant Performance Services, L.L.C., doing business as P2S; Fluor Enterprises, Incorporated; BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C.; O'Brien's Response Management, L.L.C., formerly known as O'Brien's Response Management, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees Michael Abney; Cara Aldrich; Garry Ammar; David Banks; Sonamekia Banks; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Plant Performance Services, L.L.C., doing business as P2S; Fluor Enterprises, Incorporated; BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C.; O'Brien's Response Management, L.L.C., formerly known as O'Brien's Response Management, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Jacob D'Amico, Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of Frank J. D'Amico, Jr., A.P.L.C., Metairie, LA, William P. Gibbens, Esq. , Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Allen W. Lindsay, Jr. , Lindsay & Lindsay, P.A., Milton, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants SARAH GRAHAM, MAX MURRAY, RICHARD WOOD, JOHN BURRUS, KIMBERLY DEAGANO, TED DEAGANO, JR., KEITH KEAGHEY, JAMES BRYANT, HENRY JENKINS, STEVEN BURKE, WILLIE RICHARDSON, NATHAN S. SOUTHERN, MARION G. BAREFOOT, BARON BUSKELL, JOHNNIE CLOPTON, TOMMY TRIPP.

Heather Fisher Lindsay, Esq. , Lindsay & Lindsay, P.A., Milton, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants THOMAS S. ABOOD, LATASHA ACOO, JOHN H. ADAMS, MICHELLE AKKAN, MICHAEL ABNEY, CARA ALDRICH, GARRY AMMAR, DAVID BANKS, SONAMEKIA BANKS, MUSTAFFA AKKAN.

Robert Alan York , Reed Smith, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INCORPORATED.

Anne Marie Estevez, Esq. , Trial Attorney, Joseph D. Magrisso , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Miami, FL, Stephanie Beth Schuster, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees PLANT PERFORMANCE SERVICES, L.L.C., FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED.

Matthew Regan, Esq. , James Andrew Langan, Esq. , Kristopher Scott Ritter , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Don Keller Haycraft , Devin Chase Reid, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis; P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, George W. Hicks, Jr. , Aaron Lloyd Nielson , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED, BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, BP, P.L.C.

Before ELROD, WILLETT, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


"This case presents another in the line of cases related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill." In re Deepwater Horizon (Barrera), 907 F.3d 232, 233 (5th Cir. 2018). The more than eight hundred appellants, who assert various contract and tort claims arising out of the...

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