CALIFORNIA UNION INS. CO. v. BECHTEL CORP.

No. CA 2841.

473 So.2d 861 (1985)

CALIFORNIA UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, Allianz Underwriters, Inc., Columbia Casualty Insurance Company, Federal Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company, Harbor Insurance Company, Home Insurance Company, Integrity Insurance Company, Mutual Fire Marine & Inland Insurance Company, Northbrook Insurance Company, and Gulf States Utilities Company v. BECHTEL CORPORATION and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Vosbein, Edward D. Markle, Deborah B. Rouen, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John V. Baus, Madeleine Fischer, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and SCHOTT and BARRY, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is a suit by Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU) and its subrogated insurers for damage resulting from an explosion in a transformer at a power station operated by GSU. The named defendants were Bechtel Corporation which contracted with GSU to build the station and Westinghouse Electric Corporation which furnished the transformer. Bechtel was voluntarily dismissed from the case after the first day of trial. At the conclusion of plaintiff's case...

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