GAUTHREAUX v. RHEEM MFG. CO.

No. 91-CA-108.

588 So.2d 723 (1991)

Gabriel Melvin GAUTHREAUX, Jr., Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Daughter, Brandi Lynn Gauthreaux v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Louisiana Gas Service Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 30, 1992.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing February 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell H. Gauthier, Robert M. Murphy, Edward F. Downing, III, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant Gabriel Melvin Gauthreaux, Jr.

Dominic J. Ovella, Laurence E. Larmann, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, for defendant-appellee Rheem Mfg. Co.

Donald A. Hoffman, Daniel A. Webb, Noel L. Delery, L. Gerome Smith, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Louisiana Gas Service.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., David A. Dalia, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, C.J., and BOWES and GOTHARD, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

This action by Gabriel Melvin Gauthreaux, Jr., Individually and on Behalf of his Minor Daughter, Brandi Lynn Gauthreaux, was filed in October 1988 for damages occasioned by a fire which occurred in July of 1980. The initial petition alleges the fire occurred when a gas heater manufactured by defendant Rheem Manufacturing Company ("Rheem") and supplied with natural gas by defendant Louisiana Gas Service...

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