PRINCE v. CONOCO, INC.

No. 87-522.

529 So.2d 39 (1988)

Diane M. PRINCE & David Prince, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CONOCO, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied October 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Ciambotti, E.R. Robinson III, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jones, Tete, Nolen, Hanchey, Swift & Spears, William M. Nolen, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

In the early morning hours of March 9, 1985, a corroded and weakened six inch depropanizer gas line of Continental Oil Company (Conoco) in Westlake, Louisiana, burst, and within seconds an explosion occurred which was felt two to four miles from the plant, knocking out electrical power to the area, and extensively damaging the mechanical shop and two cooling towers in the plant.

One mile west of the center of the blast Diane Prince was at...

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