STREET v. EQUITABLE PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 88-CA-209.

532 So.2d 887 (1988)

Inez STREET v. EQUITABLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Energy Corporation of America.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Halpern & Daigle, P. Keith Daigle, Charles V. Cusimano, Metairie, for defendants-appellants.

Frank V. Zaccaria, Jr., Robert Badger, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and BOWES and GRISBAUM, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants, Equitable Petroleum Corporation (Equitable) and Energy Corporation of America (Energy), from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Inez Street, for damages to plaintiff's property as a result of an oil spill. We affirm.

On appeal, defendants assert the trial court erred in finding them liable under a negligence or strict liability theory of recovery. Defendants also contend plaintiff failed to prove and/or...

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