ROBERTS v. LOUISIANA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.

No. 89-CA-0564.

566 So.2d 163 (1990)

Thomas ROBERTS, etc. v. The LOUISIANA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. McGrath, II, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sessions, Fishman, Boisfontaine, Nathan, Winn, Butler & Barkley, Walter C. Thompson, Jr., Thomas E. Schwab, New Orleans, and Freeman & Hawkins, Joe C. Freeman, Jr. and Steven M. Lore, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee, Coca-Cola Co.

Joseph I. Giarrusso, Jr. and Thomas P. Anzelmo, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees, Sewell Plastics, Inc.

Before BARRY, BYRNES, LOBRANO, WARD and PLOTKIN, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Thomas Roberts, individually and on behalf of his minor son, James Roberts, appeals a summary judgment which dismissed with prejudice Sewell Plastics, Inc. and the Coca-Cola Company from this personal injury suit based on an exploding plastic bottle.

Mr. Roberts filed a petition for damages alleging negligence and strict liability as to the Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Ltd., [La. Coke] and its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company [Travelers...

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