WOODS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 13264.

423 So.2d 112 (1982)

Marsha WOODS, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Son, Richard WOODS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard A. Radlauer, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerard M. Dillon, Dillon & Cambre, New Orleans, Stephen N. Elliot, Mickey Delaup, Bernard, Cassisa, Babst & Saporito, Bruce J. Borrello, Borrello & Huber, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN and GULOTTA and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

We affirm a directed verdict of dismissal of this action against the manufacturer and two service dealers for damages to plaintiff when the owner-driver of an automobile lost control making a turn and drove onto plaintiff's lawn, injuring him.

Plaintiff's theory is that the brakes were defectively made or repaired. The evidence is uncontradicted that, despite the owner's alleged complaint of their feeling "low," the brakes always stopped...

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