Palir v. Guideone Ins. Co.

GREMILLION, Judge.

*111The plaintiff-appellant, John Palir, III, appeals the jury's verdict awarding him $192,277.45 in general and special damages and assessing him with 50% of the fault in the explosion of a barbecue trailer. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Palir, who was the pastor of the Topsy United Pentecostal Church (the Church), was burned following the June 2009 explosion of the church-owned barbecue trailer. Palir and Deacon Clifton Reeves were attempting to light the barbecue pit in preparation for a barbecue chicken fundraiser the following…