BUNGE CORP. v. GATX CORP.

No. 89-CA-97.

546 So.2d 814 (1989)

BUNGE CORPORATION, et al. v. GATX CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Granted October 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.G. Noonan, C.G. Norwood, Jr., William F. Bologna, Jay H. Kern, H. Bruce Shreves, New Orleans, George F. Curran, III, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steve Griffith, Destrehan, for defendant-appellee.

John J. Weigel, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Bunge Corporation and its insurers appeal the trial court's decision granting a summary judgment, dismissing its actions against GATX Corporation.

Bunge filed suit on January 7, 1983, against GATX for property and business damages which occurred as a result of the January 11, 1982 rupture of a grain storage tank containing approximately 1.7 million bushels of wheat. The tank was constructed by GATX, and accepted and occupied...

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