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CELESTINE v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 93-1330.

636 So.2d 1138 (1994)

Leroy CELESTINE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B. Jones Jr., Cameron, for Leroy Celestine et al.

Randall Kurt Theunissen, Lafayette, for Union Oil Co. of California.

Allen L. Smith Jr., Lake Charles, for Gulf Coast Marine Fabricators.

Before LABORDE, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether an owner can be liable in strict liability to a repairman for injuries caused directly from the defect, vice or ruin being repaired.

Union Oil Company of California (Union) appeals a jury verdict which held it strictly liable for personal injuries which Leroy Celestine, a welder employed by Gulf Coast Marine Fabricators, Inc. (Gulf Coast), an independent contractor hired by Union, sustained when a...

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