La. Court Denies Judgment to Tanker Owner CTL in Hydrogen Sulfide Fume Death

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has denied CTL Distribution’s bid for summary judgment in a wrongful death action brought by the survivors of a maintenance worker who died after exposure to hydrogen sulfide fumes in a tank trailer.

Judge James J. Brady of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued two rulings June 3, denying CTL’s motions for judgment based on tort immunity and causation.

This action was brought by Rona Young Kemp and two other surviving children of Martin Young, who was overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while repairing markers on a tank …