PERKINS v. ENTERGY CORPORATION

Nos. 2009 CA 0632, 2009 CA 0633, 2009 CA 0634

DON A. PERKINS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, ROSS ALAN PERKINS, BRITTANY NICOLE PERKINS, AND KURT MICHAEL PERKINS, AND CYNTHIA E. PERKINS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE MINOR CHILD HOWARD MACK HUGHES v. ENTERGY CORPORATION, LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, INCORPORATED, AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORPORATION, BIG THREE INDUSTRIES, INC., DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., MASONEILAN INTERNATIONAL, EXXON CORPORATION, HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY JOSEPH E. BUJOL, III, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, DEREK BUJOL, DUSTIN BUJOL, AND DEVIN BUJOL AND TINA HEBERT BUJOL v. ENTERGY CORPORATION, LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, INCORPORATED, AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORPORATION, BIG THREE INDUSTRIES, INC., DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., MASONEILAN INTERNATIONAL, EXXON CORPORATION, HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY ROBERT HRACEK, FRANK E. HRACEK AND ERIC RAY HRACEK v. ENTERGY CORPORATION, LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, INCORPORATED, AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORPORATION, BIG THREE INDUSTRIES, INC., DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., MASONEILAN INTERNATIONAL, EXXON CORPORATION

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAY RUSSELL SEVER, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Intervenor/Appellee Great American Assurance Company d/b/a/ Agricultural Insurance Company

RALPH S. HUBBARD, III, TINA L. KAPPEN, New Orelans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Intervenor/Appellee Travelers Casualty and Surety Company d/b/a AETNA Casualty & Surety Company.

EDWARD T. HAYES, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee Royal Indemnity Company.

T. JUSTIN SIMPSON, Metairie, Louisiana Attorney for Defendant/Appellee Hartford Casualty Insurance Company.

JOHN P. WOLFF, III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee Federal Insurance Company.

RALPH H. WALL, LOUIS C. LaCOUR, JR., LAURIE B. YOUNG, LAUREN J. DELERY, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

THOMAS E. SCHWAB, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee X.L. Insurance Company.

PATRICK W. PENDLEY, Plaquemine, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee The Big Three Insurers.

MELVIN A. ELDEN, Lafayette, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee Reliance Insurance Company.

BEFORE: PARRO, KUHN, AND McDONALD, JJ.


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McDONALD, J.

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