WIGGINS v. ARKANSAS LOUISIANA GAS CO.

No. 15,843-CA.

441 So.2d 803 (1983)

Conrad D. WIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARKANSAS LOUISIANA GAS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmons, Henry, Reeves & Stokes, Jonesboro, by Joseph A. Reeves, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Mark A. Goodwin, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Before PRICE, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company appeals a judgment awarding Conrad D. Wiggins damages in the amount of $106,174.50 for burn injuries sustained in a natural gas fire and explosion at the Jamestown Baptist Church on November 27, 1968. The pivotal issues presented by this appeal are: (1) Should Wiggins' suit have been dismissed as abandoned for lack of prosecution? (2) Did the trial court err in determining that Ark-LaGas was liable for Wiggins' injuries...

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