Thompson v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc. et al
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ORDER granting 47 Motion in Limine; granting 48 Motion for Summary Judgment. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all claims of the Plaintiff in each of the above cases against Defendants, BP Exploration & Production Inc., BP America Production Company, BP p.l.c., Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Transocean Deepwater, Inc., Transocean Holdings, LLC, and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice. Signed by Judge Greg Gerard Guidry on 06/30/2023. (js)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
BRUCE HUNT
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 13-1017
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (2)
MARCINE RYENELL GOLDSMITH
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3256
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (2)
THOMAS HINES, JR.
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3280
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
ANTHONY DEMOND JACKSON
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3294
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
TAIJAHRELL S. KENNER
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3314
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
1
JEREMY LADYDE MCGILL
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3395
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
VONSHEA REANEA CHATMAN
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3646
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
FRED JOE CONLEY
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3650
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (2)
ERNEST J. GIUSTI, JR.
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-3996
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
SAMUEL O’NEAL
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4076
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
JUANITA TOLER
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4267
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (2)
2
JEREMY WATTS
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4298
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
HOWARD JONES
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4380
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
DAVID ALAN FLOURNOY, SR.
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4396
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (2)
ELBERT LEE, JR.
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4406
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
JIMMIE THOMAS
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4547
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
MISHA N. SEWER
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4581
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
3
AARON WILLIS
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4597
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
KIMBERLY NICOLE TAYLOR
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4603
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (5)
DEFORREST DARRELL THOMPSON
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4611
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (1)
GLYNN CHARLES WALKER
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO: 17-4645
BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,
INC., ET AL
SECTION T (4)
ORDER
The captioned cases are B-3 medical cases arising out of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill. Before the Court now are two identical motions filed in eac h of
these cases by Defendants, BP Exploration & Production Inc., BP America
Production Company, and BP p.l.c. (collectively “BP”): 1 a Daubert Motion to Exclude
the General Causation Opinions of Plaintiff’s Expert, Dr. Jerald Cook and a Motion
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Transocean Deepwater, Inc., Transocean Holdings, LLC, and
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. join in both motions.
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for Summary Judgment. Plaintiffs have filed identical oppositions. Having
considered the motions and legal memoranda, the record, and the applicable law,
the Court finds that both motions should be granted.
Both the Daubert Motion and the Motion for Summary Judgment filed in the
above captioned cases are identical to motions this Court has previously granted in
similar B-3 medical cases. 2 The Court is not alone in this conclusion, which is joined
by at least seven other judges of this Court. In addition, the Fifth Circuit recently
affirmed the reasoning adopted by this Court. 3 Even considering the supplemental
memorandum in opposition, 4 which consists of irrelevant information as to the
general causation issue as previously ruled on by this Court in similar B-3 medical
cases, the Court’s conclusion remains the same. Therefore, for the previous reasons
cited by this Court as well as the seven other judges of this Court and the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals, both the Daubert Motion and the Motion for Summary Judgment
shall be granted.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Defendants’ Daubert Motion to Exclude the General
Causation Opinions of Plaintiff’s Expert, Dr. Jerald Cook in each of the above cases
is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Summary
Judgment in each of the above cases is GRANTED.
See Baggett v. BP Expl. & Prod., No. 17-3030, R. Doc. 77; see also Heathington v. BP Expl. & Prod.,
No. 17-4353, R. Doc. 82 (Barbier, J.); Barkley v. BP Expl. & Prod., No. 13-995, R. Doc. 50 (Barbier, J.).
3 See Byrd v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated, 2023 WL 4046280 (5th Cir. June 16, 2023).
4 Filed in some of these cases.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all claims of the Plaintiff in each of the
above cases against Defendants, BP Exploration & Production Inc., BP America
Production Company, BP p.l.c., Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Transocean
Deepwater, Inc., Transocean Holdings, LLC, and Transocean Offshore Deepwater
Drilling, Inc. are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice,
30th day of June, 2023.
New Orleans, Louisiana this _____
Hon. Greg Gerard Guidry
United States District Judge
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