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ANDRUS v. TRAILERS UNLIMITED, ETC.

No. 80-3333.

647 F.2d 556 (1981)

Franklin ANDRUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRAILERS UNLIMITED (ROADMASTER CUSTOM DIVISION), Atwood Vacuum Machine Company and Southwest Wheel & Manufacturing Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

June 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Broussard, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

David A. Hurlburt, Lafayette, La., for Trailers Unlimited.

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Edward C. Abell, Jr., Lafayette, La., for Atwood Vacuum Machine.

Lewis & Lolley, E. Randall Lolley, Lafayette, La., for Southwest Wheel.

Before CHARLES CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a Louisiana diversity action in which the plaintiff, Franklin Andrus, sought to recover for injuries he received when the coupling device on his boat trailer spontaneously disengaged while he was driving with the boat in tow. Andrus sued Atwood Vacuum Machine Company, manufacturer of the coupler, and Trailers Unlimited, Inc., manufacturer of the trailer. The case was tried before a jury, but after Andrus had put...

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