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WINGET v. COLFAX CREOSOTING CO.

No. 93-29.

626 So.2d 370 (1993)

Clarinda WINGET, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COLFAX CREOSOTING CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albin Alexandre Provosty, Gregory Lynn Jones, for Clarinda Winget, et al.

Raymond L. Brown Jr., John Dexter Ryland, for Colfax Creosoting Co., et al.

Grove Stafford Jr., for Southwestern Laboratories, Inc.

Frank Meredith Walker Jr., for Federal Rural Elec. Ins. Corp.

Before GUIDRY, THIBODEAUX and COOKS, JJ.

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

William Winget, husband of Clarinda Winget and father to the minor children, was killed on August 17, 1989, when a utility pole on which he was working broke near the ground and fell on him. At the time, he was employed by Claiborne Electric Co-op, Inc. as a lineman. The broken pole had been purchased by Claiborne from Colfax Creosoting Company in June of 1974 and installed in August of that same year.

Colfax manufactured and treated poles...

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