PETROL INDUSTRIES INC. v. GEARHART-OWEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 15093-CA.

424 So.2d 1059 (1982)

PETROL INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEARHART-OWEN INDUSTRIES, INC.; Appalachian Insurance Company and Employers Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by J.W. Jones, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Benjamin C. King, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants-appellees Gearhart-Owen and Appalachian Ins. Co.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Paul R. Mayer, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant-appellee Employers Cas. Co.

Wiener, Weiss, Madison & Howell by James Fleet Howell, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Scogin Well Service, Inc.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

In this suit for damages for the destruction of an oil well due to an explosion which occurred during an attempt to patch a hole in the casing, the issues presented on appeal are:

(1) Did the trial judge make an inadequate damage award? (2) Did the comprehensive general liability insurance policy issued by Employers Casualty Company to Gearhart-Owen Industries, Inc. afford coverage for the accident and damages in question...

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