Ryder et al v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al
Plaintiff: Lisa Barras, Herbert Paul Barras, Jr., Lori Powell, Michael Todd Ryder and Nell Theresa Ryder
Defendant: Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Operating L.L.C., Earthstone Operating LLC, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Kinder Morgan G.P. Inc., Union Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Corporation
Case Number: 3:2015cv00431
Filed: July 1, 2015
Court: US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Office: Baton Rouge Office
Presiding Judge: Shelly D. Dick
Presiding Judge: Stephen C. Riedlinger
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Personal Injury
Jury Demanded By: Both

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June 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 243 RULING: granting 197 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. This matter is Dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Judge Shelly D. Dick on 06/19/2018. (ELW)
September 29, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 207 RULING granting 84 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's Lights and Gates Claims and 170 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's inadequate Audible Warning Claims. Signed by Judge Shelly D. Dick on 9/29/2017. (LLH)
September 20, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 202 RULING denying 172 MOTION to Compel Discovery and Impose Sanctions. Plaintiff's are granted a limited extension of the fact discovery deadline through and including 10/15/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 9/20/2017. (LLH)
December 6, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 114 ORDER: That the Statement of Citizenship filed by Earthstone Operating, LLC a/k/a Oak Valley Operating, LLC and the Statement of Citizenship of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP shall be STRICKEN from the record. Earthstone Operating, LLC a/k/a Oak V alley Operating, LLC and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP shall each have seven (7) days from the date of this Order to file a Statement of Citizenship that adequately alleges citizenship. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 12/5/2016. (EDC)
November 14, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 102 RULING AND ORDER For the reasons stated herein, the Motion to Compel 34 is GRANTED. The Motion for Protective Order 35 is DENIED. ORDERED that Union Pacific shall provide a corporate representative(s) to testify regarding to topics 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and shall produce documents responsive to production requests 3, 8 and 11. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 11/14/2016. (ELW) Modified on 11/14/2016 (ELW).
May 5, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 65 RULING denying 49 MOTION for Protective Order and to Quash the Video Deposition of a Corporate Designee Regarding the Effectiveness of Lights and Gates. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 5/5/2016. (LLH)
May 4, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 64 RULING granting Plaintiff's 46 Motion to Compel and Pacific's 51 Motion for Protective Order is DENIED. Additionally, in light of this ruling, Plaintiffs previous 42 Motion to Compel filed on 2/19/2016 is DENIED AS MOOT. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 5/4/2016. (LLH)
April 19, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 58 SCHEDULING CONFERENCE REPORT AND ORDER: Parties are to attempt to reach an agreement as to production of the locomotive video within ten (10) days from the date of this Scheduling Conference Report and Order. Plaintiff shall submit briefing regardin g the basis for Union Pacific's duty to provide lights and/or gates at the crossing at issue in this litigation. Union Pacific submit briefing on the basis for its assertion that it owes no legal duty (statutory or otherwise) to provide lights a nd/or gates at this crossing. Supplemental briefing, not to exceed five (5) pages, shall be filed within ten (10) days of this Scheduling Conference Report and Order. The Court considered the parties' proposed schedule set forth in the Joint Status Report. The Court will issue a separate Scheduling Order consistent with the parties' proposed schedule as modified during the April 18, 2016 conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 4/19/2016. (BLR)
February 3, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 41 RULING denying 15 and 23 Motions to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. Signed by Judge Shelly D. Dick on 2/3/2016. (LLH)
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Plaintiff: Lisa Barras
Represented By: Carisa Renee German-Oden
Represented By: Nathan L. Karlin
Represented By: Joseph Mark Miller
Represented By: Robert L. Pottroff
Represented By: Benjamin B. Saunders
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Plaintiff: Herbert Paul Barras, Jr.
Represented By: Carisa Renee German-Oden
Represented By: Nathan L. Karlin
Represented By: Joseph Mark Miller
Represented By: Robert L. Pottroff
Represented By: Benjamin B. Saunders
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Plaintiff: Lori Powell
Represented By: Carisa Renee German-Oden
Represented By: Nathan L. Karlin
Represented By: Joseph Mark Miller
Represented By: Robert L. Pottroff
Represented By: Benjamin B. Saunders
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Plaintiff: Michael Todd Ryder
Represented By: Carisa Renee German-Oden
Represented By: Nathan L. Karlin
Represented By: Joseph Mark Miller
Represented By: Robert L. Pottroff
Represented By: Benjamin B. Saunders
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Plaintiff: Nell Theresa Ryder
Represented By: Carisa Renee German-Oden
Represented By: Nathan L. Karlin
Represented By: Joseph Mark Miller
Represented By: Robert L. Pottroff
Represented By: Benjamin B. Saunders
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Defendant: Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Represented By: William D. Lampton
Represented By: Justin John Marocco
Represented By: Joshua A. Norris
Represented By: James Conner Percy
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Defendant: Chesapeake Operating L.L.C.
Represented By: William D. Lampton
Represented By: Justin John Marocco
Represented By: Joshua A. Norris
Represented By: James Conner Percy
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Defendant: Earthstone Operating LLC
Represented By: Brian T. Butler
Represented By: Richard Wolff
Represented By: Keogh, Cox & Wilson, LTD
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Defendant: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Represented By: Thomas Joseph Smith
Represented By: Jason E. Wilson
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Defendant: Kinder Morgan G.P. Inc.
Represented By: Thomas Joseph Smith
Represented By: Jason E. Wilson
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Defendant: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Represented By: Kevin M. Dills
Represented By: David Andrew Fraser
Represented By: John E. McElligott, Jr.
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Defendant: Union Pacific Railroad Corporation
Represented By: Kevin M. Dills
Represented By: David Andrew Fraser
Represented By: John E. McElligott, Jr.
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