HINES v. REMINGTON ARMS CO., INC.

No. 92-941.

630 So.2d 809 (1993)

Earl H. HINES, Jr. and Beverly Helms Hines, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, INC., and Sinclair, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Opinion Amending Decree on Rehearing January 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis D. Bufkin, Lake Charles, Jennifer J. Bercier, J.B. Jones Jr., Cameron, for Earl H. Hines Jr. etc.

John B. Scofield, Patrick Donavon Gallaugher Jr., Lake Charles, for Hodgon Powder Co.; Admiral Ins.

John Stanton Bradford, Jeanne Marie Sievert, Lake Charles, for State Farm.

Before LABORDE, THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS and WOODARD, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

This is a products liability case. Plaintiffs, Earl Hines, Jr. and his wife, Beverly, appeal a jury verdict in favor of defendants, Sinclair, Inc., Hodgdon Powder Company and Admiral Insurance Company. Mr. Hines was injured when his rifle accidentally fired into a gunpowder canister. The jury determined that Mr. Hines's bench rest target rifle, manufactured by Sinclair, and the gunpowder, manufactured by Hodgdon, were not defective, and relieved...

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