TRAHAN v. GERBER FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 86-978.

520 So.2d 956 (1987)

Martin TRAHAN, Individually, and as Administrator and Natural Tutor of his Minor Son, Byron Trahan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GERBER FOOD PRODUCTS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied January 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Milligan, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gibbens & Blackwell, New Iberia, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff, Martin Trahan, individually, and on behalf of his minor son Byron, sued Gerber Food Products and its insurers, Canners Exchange Subscribers and Warren Inter-Insurance Bureau, for injuries allegedly sustained by Byron after he ingested glass found in a jar of baby food manufactured by Gerber.

A civil jury denied plaintiff recovery, and he has appealed.

Two issues are presented for our review:

(1) Did the trial court...

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