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WHITACRE v. HALO OPTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 18340-CA.

501 So.2d 994 (1987)

D. Gregg WHITACRE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HALO OPTICAL PRODUCTS, INCORPORATED and Optical Dispensary, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Greenwald, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Ben Marshall, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellant Halo Optical Products, Inc.

Before JASPER E. JONES, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This is an appeal of a judgment awarding damages for personal injury in a product liability suit. The plaintiff-appellee is D. Gregg Whitacre. The defendant-appellant is the Halo Optical Products, Inc., manufacturer of "Rec Specs," a lensless plastic goggle used for eye protection during sporting activity.

We reverse that part of the judgment finding the plaintiff guilty of comparative fault and reducing his damage award by 33 1/3%...

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