WILLIAMS v. AIRPORT APPLIANCE & FLOOR COVERING, INC.

Nos. 15879-CA to 15882-CA.

445 So.2d 764 (1984)

James L. WILLIAMS, Ruby Marie Williams, La. Farm Bureau Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIRPORT APPLIANCE & FLOOR COVERING, INC., Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, James C. Roberson, James E. Roberson, MFA Ins. Co., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Exxon Corp. & Roberts Consolidated Industries, Defendants-Third Party Defendants-Appellees. Taylor James WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AIRPORT APPLIANCE & FLOOR COVERING, INC., Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, James C. Roberson, James E. Roberson, MFA Ins. Co., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Exxon Corp. & Roberts Consolidated Industries, Defendants-Third Party Defendants-Appellees. Billy BIGGS & Mary Francis Williams Biggs, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIRPORT APPLIANCE & FLOOR COVERING, INC., Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, James C. Roberson, James E. Roberson, MFA Ins. Co., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Exxon Corp. & Roberts Consolidated Industries, Defendants-Third Party Defendants-Appellees. James L. WILLIAMS as Administrator of the Estates of his minor children Michelle Marie Williams & Mike Williams, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AIRPORT APPLIANCE & FLOOR COVERING INC., Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, James C. Roberson, James E. Roberson & MFA Insurance Co., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Exxon Corp. & Roberts Consolidated Industries, Defendants-Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writs Denied March 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKeithen, Wear, Ryland & Woodard by Russell A. Woodard, Monroe, for James L. Williams, Ruby Marie Williams, Taylor James Williams, Billy Biggs, Mary Francis Williams Biggs, James L. Williams as Administrator of the Estates of his minor children Michelle Marie Williams & Mike Williams, & Farm Bureau Ins. Co., plaintiffs-appellants.

Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher by Kent Breard, Monroe, for James C. Roberson, James E. Roberson and MFA Mut. Ins. Companies, defendants-Third party plaintiffs-appellants.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Charles H. Heck, P.C., Monroe, for Airport Appliance & Floor Covering, Inc., & The Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., defendants-Third party plaintiffs-appellants.

Gene S. Palmisano, Trial Atty., New Orleans, for EXXON Corp., defendant-Third party defendant & appellee.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio by J.D. Cascio, Jr., Monroe, for Roberts Consolidated Industries, Inc., defendant-Third party defendant & appellee.

Before PRICE, HALL and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases seek to recover damages sustained by them as a result of a fire that destroyed the home of James L. Williams on January 16, 1978 while the Formica was being replaced in the kitchen.

The plaintiffs in suit # 15,879-CA are James L. Williams, his wife, Ruby Marie Williams and his fire insurer, Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. The insurer was subrogated to the damages sustained by...

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