Court Dismisses Oil Worker's Amended Medical Monitoring Claim with Prejudice

NEW ORLEANS - Saying the plaintiff had ample opportunity to amend pleading deficiencies, a federal judge has dismissed with prejudice an oil worker's claim for medical monitoring for workplace exposure to radiation and toxins. Bourgeois v. Exxon Mobil Corp., et al., No. 11-2787 (E.D. La.).

U.S. District Judge Martin C. Feldman's Feb. 16 ruling follows his Dec. 8 decision to dismiss Joseph Bourgeois' medical monitoring claim for failure to meet pleading requirements.

Bourgeois sued Exxon Moil Corp. Chevron and other oil firms in Louisiana state court in November, alleging that he was harmed by exposure to radioactive materials and other …