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THOMPSON v. PETROUNITED TERMINALS, INC.

No. 88 CA 0488.

536 So.2d 504 (1988)

George THOMPSON, Ervin Hillard, and Rosie Mary Hillard, Individually as Widow of Elvin Hillard, as Administrator of the Estate of Elvin Hillard, and as Tutor of the Minor Child Tangie Hillard v. PETROUNITED TERMINALS, INC. and Louisiana Vacuum Services, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Howell Andrews, Dale M. Maas, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-first appellants George Thompson, et al.

George E. Cain, Francis H. Brown, III, New Orleans, for defendant-second appellant PetroUnited Terminals, Inc.

William Henry Sanders, Jena, for defendant-appellee Jerry Williamson.

Donald T.W. Phelps, John Swanner, Seale, Smith & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Appleton Elec. Co.

Kirk A. Bergeron, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Edward F. Glusman, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-United General Ins. Group.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and ALFORD, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This is a wrongful death and personal injury suit involving an explosion and fire in a storage tank containing the chemical toluene. During the explosion and fire George Thompson and Ervin Hillard were injured and Elvin Hillard died. The plaintiffs brought suit for survival, wrongful death and personal injuries sustained in the accident.

FACTS

On December 9, 1982, an explosion and fire occurred in a storage tank at a bulk storage...

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