THIBODEAUX v. FERRELLGAS, INC.

No. 98-862.

741 So.2d 34 (1999)

Angela M. THIBODEAUX, et al., Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. FERRELLGAS, INC., et al., Defendants—Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied March 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wheadon deGravelles and J.B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, for Angela M. Thibodeaux, et al.

Michael J. Remondet, Jr., G. Andrew Veazey, Lafayette, Michael C. McMullen, Kansas City, MO, for Ferrellgas, Inc., et al.

Ronald Adams Johnson, Baton Rouge, for Yorkshire Ins., et al.

Henry LeBas, Lafayette, for Webstone & Goddard.

Robin A. Anderson, Lake Charles, for National Union.

John Foster DeRosier, Lake Charles, Winfred Thomas Barrett, III, and Edgar Dean Gankendorff, Lafayette, for Lawrence Lanclos.

John Edmund McElligott, Jr., Lafayette, and Steven G. Emerson, Kansas City, MO, for Empiregas, Inc.

Lawrence J. Duplass, Metairie, for American Auto Ins.

Allen L. Smith, Jr., Lake Charles, for TIG Ins. Co.

D. Keith Wall, Jennings, Robert Thomas Jacques, Jr., Lake Charles, and Michael Lea Hyman, Baton Rouge, for Continental Gas, Inc.

Rick J. Norman, Lake Charles, Godfrey Bruce Parkerson, W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, and George Bartlett Hall, Jr., New Orleans, for First Specialty Ins.

Before COOKS, SAUNDERS and WOODARD, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

This is a personal injury case. Angela M. Thibodeaux, Michael A. Bonin, Brent M. Benoit, Jeffery W. Kebodeaux, William J. Britt, and John Perez, plaintiffs, suffered severe burn injuries on August 12, 1995 in an explosion and fire in the rental cabin in which they were staying at Holly Beach, Louisiana. Propane gas caused the explosion and fire. It leaked from an open, uncapped gas line which ignited from an unknown source. The plaintiffs filed suit...

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