HUGHES, ETC. v. BUCCANEER WASH, ETC.

No. CA 0031.

423 So.2d 1282 (1982)

Suzanne M. HUGHES, Individually and on Behalf of her minor son, Shawn W. HUGHES v. BUCCANEER WASH AND DRY CLEANING CENTER, Fedders Corporation and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Shearman, Badeaux, Discon, Cumberland & Barbier, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Joseph R. Ward, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Bruce S. Johnston, Law Offices of Robert E. Birtel, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and BARRY and BYRNES, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

Defendant Buccaneer Wash and Dry and its insurer appeal from a judgment for damages to a child injured by a washing machine at Buccaneer's place of business. The child's mother appeals the dismissal of the machine's manufacturer and its insurer. Liability and quantum are at issue. We affirm.

From the severity of the breaking of the infant's arm, it is a permissible inference that, rather than merely having fell, he opened defendant Buccaneer...

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