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PITRE v. ECKO HOUSEWARES CO., INC.

No. 87 CA 0093.

521 So.2d 563 (1988)

Audrey C. PITRE v. ECKO HOUSEWARES COMPANY, INC., Sears Roebuck, Inc., ABC Insurance Co. and XYZ Insurance Co., Woolin Products, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Allen, Houma, for plaintiff and appellee—Audrey C. Pitre.

Carl J. Schumacher, New Orleans, Frank Sloan, Covington, for defendants and appellants—Ekco Housewares Co., Inc. and Sears Roebuck, Inc.

Roy J. Rodney, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant and appellee—Woolin Products, Inc., and Ins. Co. of North America.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.

SAVOIE, Judge.

This is a products liability action. On November 23, 1983, the original plaintiff, Mrs. Audrey C. Pitre, purchased a "Woodwind Collection" basting spoon from a Sears Roebuck store in Houma, Louisiana. On January 5, 1984, she was using the spoon to make a roux when without warning the nylon bowl portion of the spoon exploded causing the roux to splatter about her face and body seriously burning her. She filed suit against Sears Roebuck, Inc., the seller...

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