NEVLE v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES

No. 12887.

416 So.2d 144 (1982)

Linda Nevle, Wife of/and Michael A. NEVLE v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Saunders & Miller, Benjamin B. Saunders, Ann E. Tomeny, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant.

Beard, Blue, Schmitt, Mathes, Koch & Williams, C. T. Williams, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

In this products liability case, the issue is whether plaintiff's misuse is a bar to her recovery for injuries sustained when the top or lid of a pressure cooker exploded. Plaintiff, appealing from the dismissal of her suit, claims the trial judge erred in concluding that the pressure cooker was not defective, that it was not in "normal use" at the time of the explosion, and that defendant did not have a duty to warn of the danger of risk of injury...

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