DUPREE v. PECHINAY SAINT GOBAIN CO.

No. 12429.

369 So.2d 1075 (1979)

Ronald James DUPREE, Sr. v. PECHINAY SAINT GOBAIN CO. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1979.

Writ Refused June 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boris Navratil, of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for appellant-defendant-Dow Chemical Co., Dow Engineering and Constr. Co. and Associated Indem. Co.

James H. Dupont, of Dupont, Dupont & Dupont, Plaquemine, for appellee-plaintiff, Ronald James Dupree, Sr.

Lloyd C. Melancon, of McLoughlin, Barranger, Provosty & Melancon, New Orleans, for appellee-defendant-Creusot-Loire, Ltd. and Compagnie des Ateliers et Forges de la Loire (C.A.F.L.).

Before LANDRY, COVINGTON and PONDER, JJ.


COVINGTON, Judge.

Dow Chemical Company and Dow Engineering & Construction Services, and their insurer, Associated Indemnity Company, appeal from judgment against them, pursuant to jury trial, awarding plaintiff, Ronald James Dupree, Sr., damages for serious burns sustained when one of the pressure vessels or reactors, in which polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a plastic resin, was produced at Goodyear Rubber & Tire Company's chemical plant near Plaquemine, Iberville...

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