JOSEPH v. BOHN FORD, INC.

No. CA 2999.

472 So.2d 185 (1985)

Alton R. JOSEPH, Credell Buckener Dominguez, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Her Minor Children, Tonel Dominquez and Rahsaanica Joseph v. BOHN FORD, INC., and Ford Motor Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Wiedemann, W. Lloyd Bowers, Wiedemann & Fransen, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Edward E. Rundell, Gold, Simon, Weems, Bruser, Sharp, Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, for third-party defendants, Kelsey-Hayes.

Dermot S. McGlinchey, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, P.C., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before GULOTTA, KLEES and CIACCIO, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Plaintiffs were injured when the van in which they were traveling crashed into a concrete support for an overpass. Plaintiffs sued the seller of the van, Bohn Ford, Inc., and the manufacturer of the van, Ford Motor Co., alleging negligent repair and a vice or defect in the design or manufacture of the van. A claim in redhibition was also made. Kelsey-Hayes, maker of a braking system component, was made a third-party defendant.

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