( August 26, 2026, 8:47 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A divided Louisiana appellate panel reversed a trial court’s judgment awarding $407,000 to 12 former city employees who alleged that they were sickened by a 1999 leak of toxic acid fumes from drums in the basement of a property that formerly belonged to Pan-American Life Insurance Co. and said the trial court erred by denying its motion for summary judgment on prior owner liability, while two judges dissented....