LEXINGTON INS. CO. v. RHEEM/RUUD MFG. CO.

No. 91-1293.

610 So.2d 232 (1992)

LEXINGTON INSURANCE CO., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RHEEM/RUUD MANUFACTURING CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied February 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. LeJeune, Mamou, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stephen R. Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and WOODARD, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a products liability case. The question before us is whether plaintiffs, through the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, sustained their burden of proving that the product was unreasonably dangerous in normal use.

On March 25, 1989, the home of L.C. and Mercedes Deshotel was destroyed by fire. The Deshotels and their homeowners insurer, Lexington Insurance Company, sued, among others, Rheem/Ruud Manufacturing...

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