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BELL v. JET WHEEL BLAST, DIV. OF ERVIN INDUSTRIES

No. 83-CQ-2158.

462 So.2d 166 (1985)

Sam BELL v. JET WHEEL BLAST, DIVISION OF ERVIN INDUSTRIES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orlando G. Bendana, Wayne H. Carlton, Jr., Bendana & Carlton, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Kirstyne H. McCullough, Donald O. Collins, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrier & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Harriet R. Campbell Young, New Orleans, for intervenor-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether contributory negligence or comparative fault applies in strict products liability cases. This question of law was certified to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 717 F.2d 181 (1983), granting rehearing 709 F.2d 6 (1983), pursuant to La.R.S. 13:72.1 (1972) and Rule 12, Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (1973)....

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