BROWN v. SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 86-278.

503 So.2d 1122 (1987)

Michael BROWN, Individually and As Natural Tutor of the Minor Child, Marcus Brown, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees, Michael and Jolene Brown, Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writs Granted May 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauche, Smith and Nieset (Allen L. Smith, Jr., and Frank Walker Jr., Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Robert W. Diggs, of Domengeaux and Wright, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier & Roy, John E. McElligott, Lafayette, for third party defendants-appellees.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

This is a tort action brought by Michael Brown, in his own behalf and on behalf of his minor son, Marcus Brown, for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Marcus while riding on an escalator in a Sears, Roebuck department store. Made defendants in the suit were Sears, Roebuck and Company (Sears), the owner of the escalator, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse), the manufacturer of the escalator.1 Sears...

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