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BABIN v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 82-396.

449 So.2d 718 (1984)

Lewis BABIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haik, Haik & Minvielle, Theodore M. Haik, Jr., New Iberia, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Voorhies & Labbe, Amos H. Davis, Lafayette, Caffery, Oubre & Dugas, Patrick T. Caffery, New Iberia, for defendants-appellees.

Before CULPEPPER, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.*

This is a tort action instituted by Lewis Babin, et al., filed as a class action action Texaco, Inc. and Wilson Brothers Corporation alleging that they are joint tort-feasors. Plaintiffs are employees of the Diamond Crystal Salt Company. The Diamond Crystal Salt mine was flooded when an oil drilling rig, owned by and operated by the defendants, pierced the salt dome allowing the waters of Lake Peigneur to pour into the...

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