Jones v. Robbins

HALL, Judge.

Candy Jones, four year old daughter of Willie Leon Jones, was severely burned when she threw a lighted match into a plastic container partially filled with gasoline. The gasoline was sold to or given to Candy’s seven year old half sister by George Robbins, employee of Henry Robbins, owner of Robbins’ Gulf Service Station in Mansfield, Louisiana. Willie Leon Jones, individually and as administrator of the estate of his minor daughter, sued Henry Robbins and George Robbins for damages arising out of the accident. The district court held the defendants were not negligent and rejected…