JONES v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX

No. 11-0002.

66 So.3d 539 (2011)

Carl JONES, et al. v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX, et al. Steven Joseph, et al. v. Centerpoint Energy Entex, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph A. Piedrahita , Kirk A. Guidry , B. Scott Andrews , Due, Price, Guidry, Piedrahita & Andrews, P.A., Baton Rouge, LA, Patrick C. Morrow , Morrow, Morrow, Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, LA, Victor J. Versaggi , Jamie P. Parker , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Carl Jones, Sr., Brenda Jones, Steven Joseph, Constance Joseph.

Edward P. Landry , Landry, Watkins, Repaske & Breaux, New Iberia, LA, Randy G. Donato , Robbie A. Moehlmann , Donato, Minx & Brown, Houston, TX, H. Alston Johnson, III , Daina Bray , Phelps Dunbar L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Centerpoint Energy Entex, Centerpoint Energy Resources Corporation, Centerpoint Energy Marketing, Inc., Entex Gas Resources Corporation, Centerpoint Energy Gas Services, Inc., Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, Reliant Energy Resources Corporation.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


PETERS, J.

The litigation that gave rise to these consolidated cases has as its origin an early morning explosion and fire at the Opelousas, Louisiana, home of the Carl Jones, Sr. family, on June 15, 2003. Seven family members occupying the house at the time of the incident sustained serious physical injuries. The suits filed by and on behalf of the injured family members named a number of interrelated legal entities as being...

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