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HOYT v. WOOD/CHUCK CHIPPER CORP.

No. 92 CA 1498.

625 So.2d 504 (1993)

Michael Wayne HOYT v. WOOD/CHUCK CHIPPER CORP., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Peyton Parker, Jr. (Pauper), Baton Rouge, for plaintiff.

Jeffery F. Speer & Frank Flynn, Lafayette, for intervenor-Intern. Tree Co. and Houston General Ins. Co.

John P. Wolff, III, Baton Rouge, for Stephen Wilson, Margot, Inc.

David T. Butler, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Goforth Indust.

William Schuette, Baton Rouge, for Wood/ Chuck Chipper.

Felix Weill, Baton Rouge, for Perkins Engines, Inc.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and GONZALES, JJ.

GONZALES, Judge.

This suit arises from an accident which occurred on January 26, 1989, when plaintiff, Michael Wayne Hoyt, was seriously injured while changing the blades on a woodchipper owned by Jim Luck, d/b/a International Tree Company (hereinafter International). The Woodchipper was purchased by International from the distributor, Goforth Industries, and was manufactured by Wood/Chuck Chipper Corp. Because of a problem with the ignition system of the machine...

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