ST. ROMAIN v. DELTA SOUTHERN CO., INC.

2022 CA 0111.

353 So.3d 778 (2022)

Joseph Louis ST. ROMAIN v. DELTA SOUTHERN CO., INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: September 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mickey P. Landry , Frank J. Swarr , Matthew C. Clark , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Catherine Bowden St. Romain, Joseph Louis St. Romain, Jr., Melinda Ann Marshall, individually and on behalf of Joseph Louis St. Romain.

H. Minor Pipes, III , Rachel S. Kellogg , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as Insurer of Delta Southern Co., Delta Southern Co., Inc., Delta Tank Manufacturing Co. and Southern Fabricating & Welding Co., Inc.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C.J., GUIDRY, AND WOLFE, JJ.


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