FREDERICK v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 88-200.

544 So.2d 757 (1989)

Mrs. Marice G. FREDERICK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Thomas Built Buses, Inc. and Ideal Chevrolet, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raggio, Cappel, L. Paul Foreman, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Jesse D. McDonald, Monroe, Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Paul Boudreaux, Jr., Alexandria, Knoll, Roy & Spruill, J. Edward Knoll, Marksville, for defendants-appellees.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

In this products liability suit, plaintiffs, the survivors of Eldon Frederick, appeal a jury verdict and subsequent judgment dismissing with prejudice their claims against defendants for damages they sustained when their decedent was rolled over by a school bus.

In June 1984, Eldon Frederick was employed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board as janitor and bus driver for the Career Development Center (CDC) in Cottonport, Louisiana. On the morning...

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