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NICHOLAS v. HOMELITE CORP., A DIV. OF TEXTRON, INC.

No. 84-3619.

780 F.2d 1150 (1986)

Corrine NICHOLAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOMELITE CORPORATION, A DIVISION OF TEXTRON, INC., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Metairid, La., for defendants-appellants.

Baham, Anderson & Bennett, Gregory F. Gambel, J. Thomas Anderson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 13, 1986.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Homelite appeals a $300,000 judgment entered against it in a wrongful death action based on strict products liability and negligence. It argues that Louisiana law required application of comparative fault principles, that the trial was unfairly prejudicial, that the jury instructions and interrogatories constituted plain error, that damages were excessive, and that the district court...

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