WEBER v. CATERPILLAR MACHINERY CORP.

No. 88-CA-785.

542 So.2d 544 (1989)

Coy V. WEBER, Widow of Farrel J. Weber, Jr., Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of the Minor Children, Farrel J. Weber, III and Britian F. Weber v. CATERPILLAR MACHINERY CORPORATION, Caterpillar Tractor Company, ABC Insurance Company, XYZ Insurance Company and Boyce Machinery Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Becnel, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Becnel, Landry & Becnel, LaPlace, for plaintiff-appellee Coy V. Weber.

C.G. Norwood, Jr., Keith W. McDaniel, Margaret Diamond, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Caterpillar Inc.

James C. Murphy, Jr., Patricia A. McKay, Cornelius, Sartin & Murphy, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Boyce Machinery Corp.

Thomas J. Eppling, Law Offices of Leon A. Aucoin, Metairie, for intervenors/appellees Bayou Steel Corp. and The Home Ins. Co.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Judge.

In this products liability case, Mrs. Coy V. Weber, individually and on behalf of her two minor children, sued Caterpillar Tractor Company, the manufacturer, and Boyce Machinery Corporation, the seller, for the wrongful death of her husband, Farrel J. Weber, Jr., who was killed while operating a forklift for his employer, Bayou Steel Corporation. Bayou Steel and its insurer, Home Insurance Company, intervened for reimbursement of worker's compensation...

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