KNOCKUM v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY

Nos. 13836, 13837.

402 So.2d 90 (1980)

Christopher KNOCKUM et al. v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY et al. Claiborne WHITE, Jr. et al. v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

On Rehearing June 29, 1981.

On Rehearing July 27, 1981.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred F. McCaleb, III, Baton Rouge, Malcolm J. Dugas, Jr., Joffrion & Dugas, Donaldsonville, John A. Lieux, Gonzales, for plaintiffs and appellees.

A. Shelby Easterly, III, Taylor, Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellants Amoco Oil Co. and Aetna Cas. & Surety Co.

Charles F. Castille, La. Health & Human Resources Adm., Baton Rouge, for intervenor and appellee.

Harry P. Gamble, III, Gamble & Gamble, New Orleans, for defendant and appellant Bernice Holmes.

Before COVINGTON, CHIASSON and LEAR, JJ.


CHIASSON, Judge.

Defendants-Appellants, Amoco Oil Company and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (sued as Aetna Insurance Company), appeal the separate judgments rendered against them and in favor of the appellees for damages awarded to appellees for personal injuries and wrongful death actions sustained in a gas explosion and house fire in Prairieville, Louisiana.

Two separate suits were filed in this matter and consolidated for trial purposes. A brief review...

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