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OLSEN v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 62522.

365 So.2d 1285 (1978)

Mary OLSEN, Plaintiff, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

As Corrected on Rehearing Denied January 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Rutledge, Domengeaux & Wright, Lafayette, for plaintiff.

John O. Charrier, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, W. K. Christovich, Charles W. Schmidt, III, Christovich & Kearney, Patrick T. Caffery, Caffery, Duhe, Oubre & Gibbens, New Iberia, for defendant.

Douglas A. Molony, Bernard J. Caillouet, Gene S. Palmisano, M. Truman Woodward, Jr., H. H. Hillyer, Jr., Wilson S. Shirley, Jr., James K. Irvin, M. Hampton, Carver, W. Richard House, Jr., Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer & Pierson, New Orleans, amicus curiae for Chevron U. S. A., Inc. and Exxon Corp.

TATE, Justice.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit certified to us for our opinion certain questions of state law. Olsen v. Shell Oil Co., 561 F.2d 1178 (1977). The certification was in accordance with the procedure authorized by La.R.S. 13:72.1 (1972) and Rule 12, Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (1973).

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