MORRIS v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 22222-CA.

582 So.2d 1349 (1991)

Jimmie G. MORRIS and Linda Hammons Morris, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., United Insurance Company and Travis Gartman, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly & Salim by Donald G. Kelly and William L. Townsend, III, Natchitoches, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, by Charles G. Tutt and Kelly W. Strickland, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and HIGHTOWER, VICTORY, BROWN and STEWART, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

As mandated by LSA-Const. Art. 5, § 8, when one of the three-judge original panel dissented from a reversal of the trial court judgment, this appeal was reargued before a five-judge panel.

This action arose out of a head injury to a contract truck driver whose head was struck by defendants' loaded forklift. The driver and his wife appeal a judgment based on a jury verdict that found defendants not at fault.

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