STATE FARM GEN. INS. v. KENTWOOD SPRING WATER

No. 83 CA 0508.

449 So.2d 558 (1984)

STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. KENTWOOD SPRING WATER, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.T. Williams, Metairie, for defendant and appellant Kentwood Spring Water, Inc.

Robert B. Butler, III, Houma, for plaintiff and appellee State Farm General Ins. Co.

John L. Lanier, Thibidaux, for defendant and appellee Riekes Container Corp.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

This is a very unusual case wherein two-five gallon clear glass bottles of water belonging to the defendant-appellant, Kentwood Spring Water, Inc. (Kentwood), allegedly caused a fire at a mobile home owned by the plaintiff-appellee's insured.1 Subrogated to the claims of its insured, plaintiff-appellee, State Farm General Insurance Company, filed this suit based on theories of negligence and strict liability. After a trial...

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