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PERKINS v. WURSTER OIL CORP.

No. CA 04-692.

886 So.2d 1229 (2004)

Fred Lee PERKINS v. WURSTER OIL CORP., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Craig Jones, Attorney at Law, Oakdale, LA, James David Cain, Jr., Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant Fred Lee Perkins.

David R. Rabalais, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee Wurster Oil Corp.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and OSWALD A. DECUIR, Judges.

SAUNDERS, J.

The issues on appeal to this court arise from an accident occurring when Plaintiff was filling his automobile with gasoline. Fred Perkins stopped at a gas station to fill his truck. While the process was ongoing, static electricity ignited the fuel vapors. Mr. Perkins was burned by the fire and filed suit alleging that he was never warned of the dangers of static electricity and that the pump was improperly grounded.

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