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BUCKBEE v. UNITED GAS PIPELINE CO., INC.

No. 87-1201.

542 So.2d 81 (1989)

Vera BUCKBEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Rockwood Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant, v. UNITED GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Badon & Ranier, Drew Ranier, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs/appellants/appellees.

Fruge & Vidrine, Christopher B. Fruge, Ville Platte, for intervenor/appellee/appellant.

Stockwell, Sievert, Robert W. Clements, Bret Braham, Lake Charles, Pugh & Boudreaux, James R. Shelton, Lafayette, Stephen I. Young, Baton Rouge, for defendant/appellee.

Before GUIDRY, KNOLL and KING, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal addresses the propriety of sustaining a hearsay objection, and whether the trial court properly characterized this tort case as a negligence action when it formulated its jury instructions.

The survivors of William Buckbee (hereafter the Buckbees), namely, his wife and a minor child, brought this action against United Gas Pipe Line Co., Inc. (hereafter United Gas), the original owner of a used crude petroleum heater, to recover for...

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