United States Eleventh Circuit
NORFOLK S. CORP. v. CHEVRON CHEM., 03-14473
A modified version of res judicata applies to a settlement agreement upon which dismissal is predicated. In this dispute involving oil spill cleanup, the settlement agreement did not preclude suits based on non-oil contaminants.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/03/2004
- Published 06/03/2004
Judges
- TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and MILLS , District Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Brett Alexander Spain,Gary Alvin Bryant, Norfolk, VA, James C. Rinaman, Jr., Marks, Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- John F. MacLennan, Smith, Hulsey & Busey, Tim E. Sleeth, Jacksonville, FL, Stephen Jerome Darmody, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, John M. Barkett, Nadine Vail Gardner, Coll, Davidson, Smith, Salter & Barkett, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.