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ALEXANDER v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HWYS.

No. 11348.

347 So.2d 1249 (1977)

C. M. ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving H. Koch, John P. Nelson, Jr., New Orleans, for C. M. Alexander, plaintiff-appellant.

Sharon P. Frazier, Baton Rouge, for State of La. through the Dept. of Highways, defendant-appellee.

William A. Norfolk, Baton Rouge, for O. D. Creel, defendant-appellee, and Con-Plex, Division of USI, Inc., third-party defendant-appellee.

Don L. Broussard, Lafayette, for Travelers Ins. Co., intervenor-appellee.

John B. Noland, Boris F. Navratil, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for Barnard & Burk and Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, third-party defendants-appellees.

Before SARTAIN, COVINGTON and LOTTINGER, JJ.

SARTAIN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rejecting his demands for personal injuries. We affirm.

On May 26, 1971, plaintiff was operating a bulldozer equipped with a front end "rake tooth". He was in the process of clearing the right of way for Interstate Highway 12 (I-12) in Tangipahoa Parish when the dozer rake struck a submerged butane tank, causing the tank to rupture and ignite. As a result, plaintiff sustained burns to his face and forearms...

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