CHAPPUIS v. SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 60725.

358 So.2d 926 (1978)

Robert Daniel CHAPPUIS v. SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Cobb, Arthur Cobb, Ltd., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

Ben Louis Day, Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, Baton Rouge, for intervenor.

H. Evans Scobee, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Boris F. Navratil, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


DIXON, Justice.

Robert Daniel Chappuis was injured at work when a fragment of steel from a hammer he was using hit him in an eye. He brought suit against the retailer and the manufacturer of the hammer and an insurer.1 A jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court judgment, 349 So.2d 963 (1st Cir. 1977), and we granted writs. 351 So...

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