Mrs. Peggy Morgan PENNINGTON, etc., et al.
v.
JUSTISS-MEARS OIL COMPANY, Inc. et al.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 24, 1961.
On Rehearing November 6, 1961.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Maurice J. Wilson, E. Gordon West, Baton Rouge, Leonard W. Richey, Jena, Blake West, Charles M. Lanier, New Orleans, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Kantrow, Spaht, West & Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, Gaharan & Richey, Jena, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for defendants-relators.
Edgar Corey, New Orleans, J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, Jackson & Hess, New Orleans, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., David A. Sheffield, Leonard Fuhrer, James S. Gravel, Alexandria, Bass & Lawes, Joe Bass, Jr., Lake Charles, Parker & Parker, A. B. Parker, Jena, L. E. Hawsey, Jr., Lake Charles, White & May, Baton Rouge, Brumfield & Organ, by Donald Organ, New Orleans, George T. Anderson, Jr., John S. Stephens, Coushatta, E. M. Nichols, J. Clem Drewett, Payton R. Covington, Lake Charles, Sandoz & Sandoz, by William C. Sandoz, Opelousas, Sanders & Long, by A. B. Parker, Jena, Johnson & LeBlanc, New Iberia, Wm. B. Baggett, Lake Charles, Guillory, Guillory & Guillory, by Robert K. Guillory, Eunice, W. T. McCain, Colfax, Fusilier, Pucheu & Soileau, Ville Platte, Victor V. Blackwell, Covington, McKeithen, Mouser and McKinley, by Vinson M. Mouser, Columbia, Campbell, Campbell & Marvin, by John T. Campbell, Minden, Robert J. Mack, Hammond, Joseph A. Sims, Hammond, Gordon M. White, Baton Rouge, amici curiae, on rehearing.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
HAMITER, Justice.
On August 16, 1957 C. B. Pennington, Jr. was accidentally killed at the site of oil drilling operations conducted by employees of the Justiss-Mears Oil Company, Inc. Surviving were his wife and their three minor children, two, three and four years of age.
Thereafter the widow instituted the instant suit to recover for herself and for the minors damages arising out of her husband's death, she alleging that it was occasioned by negligent acts...
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