Mrs. Vera MOAK, Widow of James Moak, Individually etc. et al.
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY et al.
Nicholas PARATORE
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
Donald R. MOFFETT
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
Mrs. Celie T. SANTA MARIA, Widow of Eduardo Santa Maria
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY et al.
John A. BREMERMANN
v.
The CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY et al.
Gerald Howard GILMORE
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
Lloyd A. DICKINSON
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
Mrs. Eula Mae McLAIN, Widow of Edgar McLain
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.,
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY et al.
HODGES STOCK YARDS, INC.
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY et al.
INTERNATIONAL COLD STORAGE, INC.
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY et al.
Yvonne Bertaut BARONE, Individually etc. et al.,
v.
David POINDEXTER et al.
James E. FORTENBERRY
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
Albert H. BERGERON
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
Ivy P. BOUDREAUX
v.
AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY et al.
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY et al.
Nat J. COMARDA
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY et al.
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of Hartford et al.
v.
LINK-BELT COMPANY.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 1, 1969.
Rehearing Denied January 12, 1970.
Writ Granted March 12, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, John V. Baus, and Adams & Reese, W. Ford Reese and Joel L. Borrello, New Orleans, for Link-Belt Co. and Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
Smith, Scheuermann & Jones, Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, for Mrs. Vera Moak, individually and as tutrix of Gilbert Donald Moak and Deborah Ann Moak (both minors), John Sanford, Mary Palmisano, Herman Phillip, John D. Bell, Nathaniel Dunbar, Robert Mason, Osa McDaniel, Joe Davis, Frank Schief, Jr., William Bordelon, Bertha Bordelon, Ralph Gonzales, Rita Gonzales, Claudia Hullfish, Sara Schiro, Herbert Frazier, Odessa Schellinger, Nicholas Iemolla, Bessie C. Pope, Arthur Barrios, Emile Barker, Robert Clark and Oliver Durel, with, on the brief, Ungar, Dulitz & Martzell, Stanley Jacobs, New Orleans, for Mrs. Celie T. Santa, Maria.
Schoemann, Gomes & Ducote, Eugene Gomes, Jr., New Orleans, for Nat. Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford.
Sehrt, Boyle & Wheeler, Edward J. Boyle, Jr., New Orleans, for Nat J. Comarda.
Marvin Grodsky, New Orleans, for Anthony Ponsetti.
Frank D'Amico, New Orleans, for Yvonne Bertaut Barone.
Christovich & Kearney, Alvin R. Christovich, Sr., New Orleans, for American Mut. Liability Ins. Co.
Bienvenu & Culver, P. A. Bienvenu and H. F. Foster, III, New Orleans, for Factory Ins. Ass'n, and, with others, for American Sugar Co.
Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, Harry McCall, Jr., and George A. Kimball, Jr., Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, Breard Snellings, New Orleans, for American Sugar Co., Continental Cas. Co., and Certain Underwriters at Lloyds.
John J. Cummings, III, Robert R. Gisevius, Jerald N. Andry, Gilbert V. Andry, III, New Orleans, and Chester Francipane, Metairie, for Nicholas Paratore, Donald R. Moffet, Lloyd A. Dickinson, Gerald Howard Gilmore, John A. Bremermann, James E. Fortenberry, Albert A. Bergeron, Ivy P. Boudreaux, Eula Mae McClain and Edward Jones.
Henican, James & Cleveland, C. Ellis Henican and Carl W. Cleveland, New Orleans, for Hodges Stock Yards, Inc. and International Cold Storage, Inc.
Before CHASEZ, REDMANN and GARDINER, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
REDMANN, Judge.
These eighteen consolidated cases arise out of the February 15, 1965 explosion and fire in the granulator house of the American Sugar Company refinery at Arabi, Louisiana.
The cases include:
First, suits against American and its insurers (and certain others) for personal injury and wrongful death by employees (or survivors) of Link-Belt Company or its subcontractors. Link-Belt was at the time of the explosion executing a contract for...
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