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HARPER v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

No. CA 83/1205.

459 So.2d 1260 (1984)

Steven Wayne HARPER v. The LIGGETT GROUP, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil Breaux, St. Gabriel, for plaintiff-appellee, Steven W. Harper.

Erwin Larose, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Walter Aertker, Jr.

L. Michael Cooper, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Leonard Young, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Harbor Ins. Co.

Francis G. Weller, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Diversified Prod., et al and defendants-appellees, Liggett Group, et al.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.

GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

This is a products liability case. On January 5, 1981, Dr. Steven Wayne Harper, the plaintiff, was playing racquetball with Walter Wright Aertker, Jr., one of the defendants, when Aertker's racquet separated from the butt cap on the end of the handle, flew out of his hand and hit Dr. Harper in the left eye, causing a serious injury and leaving him legally blind in that eye.

Harper filed suit against Walter Wright Aertker,...

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