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John PEREZ, et al. v. FERRELLGAS, INC., et al.
    No. 02-1035.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Aug. 6, 2003.
    Order Granting Rehearing in Part Oct. 1, 2003.
    Michael C. McMullen, Kansas City, MO, Allen L. Smith, Jr., Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Interve-nor/Appellant: Ferrellgas, Inc.
    J.B. Jones, Jr., Jennifer Jones Bercier, The Jones Law Firm, Cameron, LA, Philip G. Hunter, Hunter & Morton, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Brent Michael Benoit, Clara Benoit, as tutrix of Ashley Shay Benoit, Herman R. Benoit, Michael Bonin, Keisha Marke Leger Stevens, as tutrix of Christopher Leger, Clarence W. and Sally Britt, William John Britt, Jeffery W. Kebodeaux, Loyce Kebo-deaux, Wilfred W. Kebodeaux, Alice Mae Perez, John Perez, Joseph Stephen Perez, Jr., Angela Thibodeaux, Melvin Thibo-deaux, and Mildred Thibodeaux.
    John W. deGravelles, deGravelles, Pal-mintier, Holthaus & Fruge, Baton Rouge, LA, Daniel Keith Wall, Marcantel & Mar-cantel, Jennings, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants: Angela Thibodeaux, Mildred Thibo-deaux, and Melvin Thibodeaux.
    Michael Hyman, Hyman Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, Edgar Dean Gankendorff, Oats & Hudson, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenors/Appellants: Continental Insurance Company and Wright Enrichment, Inc.
    Michael J. Remondet, Jr., Peter B. Der-ouen, Jeansonne & Remondet, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenors/Appellants: Ferrell-gas, Inc. and TIG Insurance Company.
    Louis C. LaCour Jr., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, LA, John E. McElligott Jr., Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott & Swift, Lafayette, LA, Steven G. Emerson, Thomas H. Davis, Stinson, Morrison, Hecker, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants/Appellees: Empiregas Inc. of Lake Charles, Empiregas Corporation, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Larry A. Stewart, Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Alexandria, LA, David R. Frohn, Frohn & Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Bruce D. Beach, Nora M. Stelly, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Ap-pellees: Webstone Company, Inc., Goddard Industries, Inc., United States Fire Ins. Co., and North Rivers Insurance Co.
   | WOODARD, Judge.

For the reasons assigned this day in Bonin v. Ferrellgas, 02-1031, 855 So.2d 781 (La.App. 3 Cir. 8/6/03), we reverse the judgment of the trial court, and cast the costs of this appeal on Empire.

REVERSED AND RENDERED.

ON REHEARING

| WOODARD, Judge.

For the reasons assigned this day in Bonin v. Ferrellgas, 02-1031 (La.App. 3 Cir. 8/6/03), 856 So.2d 781, we grant the rehearing in part and deny it in part.

REHEARING GRANTED IN PART, DENIED IN PART.