WILLIS v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.

Nos. 19,479-CA to 19,482-CA.

524 So.2d 42 (1988)

Pauline WILLIS, et al Ida Mae Farley, et al A.G. Jennings, Donald Jennings, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, et al., Defendants/Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied May 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Simmons, James L. Davis, Many, for Pauline Willis and Ida Mae Farley.

Kelly & Salim by Donald G. Kelly, Natchitoches, for A.G. Jennings.

Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern by Ronald Corkern, Jr., Natchitoches, for Donald Jennings.

William Ransom, III, Hanemann & Associates, New Orleans, for Morbark Ind., Inc.

Before HALL, C.J., and JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


HALL, Chief Judge.

This is a products liability action involving a wood chipping machine which came in contact with a high voltage electrical transmission line. Two persons were electrocuted in the incident, another received serious injuries from electrical shocks, and a fourth person sustained property damage. James H. Willis and Olen G. Farley died at the scene; A.G. Jennings was seriously injured and died approximately two years later.

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