Casing Controversy: Does the Comparative Fault Codal Article Cover Contract Claims?
The Energy Law
JUNE 2, 2017
In Justiss Oil Company, Inc. v. Oil Country Tubular Corp., et al, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal joined its sister circuit –the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, in finding that La. Civ. Code art. 2323 applies only to actions sounding in tort – not to actions in contract, such as redhibition. In doing so, the Third Circuit created an issue ripe for Louisiana Supreme Court decision.
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