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SOILEAU v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 79-2056.

639 F.2d 214 (1981)

Victor Paul SOILEAU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fusilier, Pucheu, Soileau & Coreil, Louis O. Fusilier, John Saunders, Ville Platte, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, James E. Diaz, and Douglas Longman, Jr., Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Victor Paul Soileau ("Soileau") appeals from a jury verdict against him in a products liability suit he brought against Ford Motor Company ("Ford") for injuries he received in a car accident. Early on New Year's Day 1978, following New Year's Eve festivities during which he had been drinking moderately, Soileau was driving along a Louisiana highway in a Ford Torino with two passengers in the front seat. While attempting to round a 45-mile-per-hour...

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