NEVILS v. SINGER CO.

No. 88-CA-234.

533 So.2d 157 (1988)

Douglas NEVILS v. The SINGER COMPANY, Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughan, Messina & Hellman, Gary M. Hellman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Timothy M. Waller, Sr., Metairie, for defendant-appellant.

Monroe & Lemann, Mark E. Van Horn, Gerard A. Bos, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GAUDIN, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is a product liability case. Douglas Nevils, plaintiff-appellant, severed three fingers of his left hand while using a portable circular saw designed and manufactured by the Singer Company, and sold under the Craftsman label by Sears, Roebuck & Company, defendants-appellees. After a judge trial on the merits, judgment was entered in favor of defendants, and plaintiff now appeals alleging three errors:

1. The trial court improperly...

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