TRAHAN v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 55683.

314 So.2d 350 (1975)

Jeanette Jean TRAHAN et al. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and the Insurance Company of North America.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Gerard, Scofield, Bergstedt & Gerard, Lake Charles, John G. Torian, II, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian & Diaz, Lafayette, for defendants-applicants.

Thompson & Sellers, Roger C. Sellers and Durwood W. Conque, Paul G. Moresi, Jr., Broussard, Broussard & Moresi, Abbeville, for plaintiffs-respondents.


CALOGERO, Justice.

On February 19, 1970, four men, Josef Chrzanowski, John Hollier, Obra Suire and Lennis Landry, were killed when a slab of salt fell upon them in a salt mine owned and operated by Diamond Crystal Salt Company on Jefferson Island, Louisiana. Widows of each decedent filed suit for themselves and on behalf of their minor children against six named executive officers of Diamond Crystal1 and their liability insurers, Liberty...

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