STRICKLAND v. FOWLER

Nos. 18113-CA, 18163-CA.

499 So.2d 199 (1986)

Timothy S. STRICKLAND and Renee Strickland, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Marvin D. FOWLER, Rodney Eugene Fowler, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., in Solido, Defendants-Appellees. A.D. JONES and Ruth Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ben WEBBER and Smith & Wesson, in Solido, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied December 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. William Gerhardt, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants, Timothy S. Strickland and Renee Strickland, A.D. Jones and Ruth Jones.

Gold, Little, Simon, Weems & Bruser by Henry B. Bruser, III, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees, Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon by James P. Dorr, Anne G. Kimball, Aimee B. Anderson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees, Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

This appeal involves two similar products liability suits. The plaintiffs-appellants in each case appeal from the judgment of the trial court granting the defendant gun manufacturers' peremptory exceptions pleading no cause of action. We affirm.

The plaintiffs in both cases are victims of shootings. In the first case, the plaintiffs, A.D. Jones and Ruth Jones, filed suit against Ben Webber and Smith & Wesson, defendants in solido. The plaintiffs...

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