JOHNSON v. HARRY JARRED, INC.

No. 14337.

391 So.2d 898 (1980)

Eullis H. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARRY JARRED, INC., Walsh Watts, Inc., David Billingsley d/b/a Billingsley Engineering Company, Inc., Gahagan Gas Company, Inc., Traders & General Insurance Company, Ronald L. Sawyer and Jack Sterret, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abadie & Kohnke by Peter J. Abadie, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Walter O. Hunter, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and FRANK W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This is an executive officer negligence action based upon a natural gas blowout and fire which occurred during the drilling of a gas well on October 26, 1973 in Red River Parish. The cause of action arose prior to the enactment of Act 147 of 1976 amending LSA-R.S. 23:1032, which now precludes such actions.

Defendants, Ronald L. Sawyer, President of Sawyer Drilling & Service, Inc., and...

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