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WALKER v. MAYBELLINE CO.

No. 84 CA 0225.

477 So.2d 1136 (1985)

Nancy R. WALKER v. MAYBELLINE CO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bruce Macmurdo, and Walker P. Macmurdo, Percy, Macmurdo & Eaton, Baton Rouge, Victor L. Marcello, Talbot, Sotile, Carmouche, Marchand & Marcello, Donaldsonville, for plaintiff-appellee Nancy R. Walker.

G. Thomas Arbour, and T. Barry Wilkinson, Glusman, Moore, Wilkinson, Arbour, Broyles & Glusman, Baton Rouge, Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Maybelline Co.

Robert J. Vandaworker, Baton Rouge, for Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.

Robert Leake, Jr., New Orleans, for amicus curiae Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Assoc.

Dermot McGlinchey, Ernest Gieger, Jr., and Michael Noonan, New Orleans, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council & Motor Vehicle Mfg. Assoc.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and ALFORD, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

Nancy Walker sues for personal injuries sustained by her in accidentally scratching her eye with a Maybelline mascara applicator brush manufactured by Maybelline Co. defendant, and the allegedly resultant loss of sight in her left eye. Maybelline defended based on the alleged sufficiency of warning and the alleged contributory negligence of Ms. Walker. The trial court awarded judgment in favor of Ms. Walker in the sum of $426,584.35, with an award...

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