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MELANCON v. WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO.

No. 79-1425 Summary Calendar.

628 F.2d 395 (1980)

Roy MELANCON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO. et al., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants, v. M.T.D. PRODUCTS et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees-Appellants. BRIGGS & STRATTON, Third Party Defendant-Fourth Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lillian D. MELANCON, Fourth Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Keaty, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Pugh & Boudreaux, Nicholls Pugh, Jr., Lafayette, La., for defendants.

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Edward C. Abell, Jr., Lafayette, La., for M.T.D. Products.

Before HILL, GARZA and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This products liability case was brought by the plaintiff-appellant, Roy Melancon, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by him when he was set afire as his wife started their gasoline-powered rotary lawn mower. Melancon appeals from the district court's grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendants at the close of the plaintiff's case. After a thorough review of the record, we have determined that the district...

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