PERKINS v. ENTERGY CORP.

Nos. 98 CA 2081 to 98 CA 2083.

756 So.2d 388 (1999)

Don PERKINS, et al. v. ENTERGY CORPORATION, et al. Joseph Bujol, III, et al. Joseph Bujol, III, et al. v. Entergy Corporation, et al. Robert Hracek, et al. v. Entergy Corporation, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing for Limited Purpose April 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Carter, New Orleans, LA, John A. Braymer, Baton Rouge, LA, Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Travis B. Bourgeois, New Orleans, LA, for Entergy Corp. and appellants: Entergy Services, Inc., Gulf States Utilities Company and Louisiana Power & Light Company.

Victor L. Marcello, Donald T. Carmouche, Gonzales, LA, for appellees, Don A. Perkins, et al.

Donald W. Price, Paul H. Due, Baton Rouge, LA, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, LA, David W. Robertson, Dripping Springs, TX, for appellees, Joseph E. Bujol, III, et al.

Edward J. Walters, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for appellees, Eric Hracek, et al.

Phillip L. Canova, Jr., Plaquemine, LA, for Air Liquide America Corp.

Robert H. Wood, Jr., Metairie, LA, for Exxon Corporation.

Stephen W. Glusman, Baton Rouge, LA, Lyon H. Garrison, James F. Holmes, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor Highlands Underwriters Insurance Company.

J. Michael Veron, Lake Charles, LA, for Dresser Industries.

David F. Bienvenu, New Orleans, LA, Jeffrey A. Goldwater, Chicago, IL, for Westchester Fire Insurance Company.

George B. Hall, Jr., Jay Russell Sever, New Orleans, LA, for Agricultural Insurance Company.

H. Lee Leonard, LaFayette, LA, for Reliance Insurance Company of Illinois.

T. Justin Simpson, Metairie, LA, W. Shelby McKenzie, Baton Rouge, LA, for Lexington Insurance Company and Hartford Casualty Insurance Company.

J. Clayton Davie, Jr., Claude F. Bosworth, Loree Peacock Leboeuf, New Orleans, LA, W. Shelby McKenzie, Baton Rouge, LA, for The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company.

John P. Wolff, III, Baton Rouge, LA, W. Shelby McKenzie, Baton Rouge, LA, for Federal Insurance Company.

Jerry L. Saporito, Michael D. Sledge, New Orleans, LA, W. Shelby McKenzie, Baton Rouge, LA, for Royal Indemnity Company.

Julia A. Dietz, Sidney W. Degan, III, New Orleans, LA, D. Russell Holwadel, New Orleans, LA, for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Walter C. Thompson, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for X.L. Insurance Company.

BEFORE: LeBLANC, GONZALES, GUIDRY, WEIMER, and PETTIGREW, JJ.


WEIMER, J.

This appeal involves a negligence case brought pursuant to LSA-C.C. art. 2315, et seq. The plaintiffs are two individuals who were severely burned in an industrial accident, Don A, Perkins and Joseph E. "Jeb" Bujol, III, and their families, and the survivors of Ray Hracek, who received fatal burns. The plaintiffs sued Air Liquide America Corporation ("ALAC"), the employer of Mssrs. Bujol, Perkins, and Hracek; Big Three Industries, Inc. ("Big Three...

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