MILLER v. J.P. OWEN CO., INC.

No. 86-1263.

509 So.2d 1038 (1987)

Ibra MILLER, as Administrator of the Estate of Allen James Miller, and as Legal Tutor of the Minor, Michael James Miller, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.P. OWEN COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Movers. David A. LEGE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.P. OWEN COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Movers.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy, Carmouche, Alan K. Breaud, Lafayette, for defendant-relator.

Voorhies and Labbe, William Bass, Lafayette, John B. Scofield, of Scofield, Bergstedt, Plauche, Smith and Nieset, A. Lane Plauche, Lake Charles, Richard Putnam, Jr., Abbeville, for respondent.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This litigation arises from a natural gas pipeline explosion which occurred on April 7, 1980. Allen James Miller and David J. Lege, two employees of Comeaux Welding, a division of Crain Brothers, Inc., were attempting to repair a portion of the pipeline when it ruptured. As a result of the rupture, Allen James Miller was killed and David J. Lege was severely injured. These lawsuits were filed in 1981 against J.P. Owen Company, Inc., Francis Erbelding...

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