MILLER CAR WASHES, INC. v. CROWE

No. 11589.

245 So.2d 485 (1971)

MILLER CAR WASHES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry D. CROWE et al., Defendants-Appellants, American Employers Insurance Company and Home Insurance Company, Intervenors-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1971.

Writ Refused May 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver, Fudickar & Wilson, by Fred Fudickar, Jr., Monroe, for Miller Car Washes, Inc., plaintiff appellant.

Davenport, Files & Kelly, by Thomas W. Davenport, Monroe, for Miller Car Washes, Inc., plaintiff-appellant; American Employers Ins. Co. and Home Ins. Co., intervenors-appellants.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, by J. C. Theus, Monroe, for Larry D. Crowe and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., defendants-appellees-appellants.

Jones, Blackwell, Chambliss, Hobbs & Henry, by Sam O. Henry, III, West Monroe, for Larry D. Crowe, defendant-appellant.

Warren Hunt, Rayville, for Warren H. Bancroft, individually and d.b.a. Bancroft Butane Gas Co., defendant-third party plaintiff-third party defendant-appellee-appellant.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, by Thomas M. Hayes, Jr., Monroe, for The Travelers Ins. Co. and Warren H. Bancroft, d.b.a. Bancroft Butane Gas Co., defendants-third party plaintiffs-third party defendants-appellees-appellants.

Before AYRES, PRICE, and HALL, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied March 30, 1971.

AYRES, Judge.

This action for damages by Miller Car Washes, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Miller," arose out of an explosion of butane gas as the gas escaped from a tank on a pickup truck of Larry D. Crowe, hereinafter referred to as "Crowe," which explosion produced a fire at Miller's place of business on Louisville Avenue in Monroe. This action was consolidated for the purpose of trial with that of Zurich Insurance...

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