GUILBEAU v. W.W. HENRY CO.

Civ. A. No. 87-1750.

859 F.Supp. 238 (1994)

Olan J. GUILBEAU, Sr., et al. v. W.W. HENRY COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

June 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood Clement Stevens, Jr., Kleinpeter Schwartzberg & Stevens, P.L.C., Morgan City, LA, Charles K. Hutchens, Kent Mercier, Mercier & Duhon, Lafayette, LA, Benton Musslewhite, Mary B. Martin, Elizabeth Burkhardt, David Crump, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs.

Gregory K. Moroux, Bradley J. Haight, Voorhies & Labbe, E. Gregory Voorhies, Lafayette, LA, for W.W. Henry Co., Truck Ins. Exchange.

H. Lee Leonard, Donna R. Moliere, Leonard & Leonard, Lafayette, LA, for Champion Intern. Corp., Champion Bldg. Products.

John Powers Wolff, III, Keogh Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, for Mobile Home Industries Inc., Housing By Tiffany Inc.

Jeffrey Allan Rhoades, Davidson Meaux Sonnier McElligott & Swift, Lafayette, LA, for CMH of Florida Inc., Clayton Homes Inc.

Vance A. Gibbs, Bradley C. Myers, Kean Miller Hawthorne Darmond McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, Brian F. Blackwell, Shreveport, LA, for Georgia Pacific Corp.

Russ M. Herman, Morton H. Katz, Herman Herman Katz & Cotlar, New Orleans, LA, for Weyerhauser Co.

James R. Nieset, Plauché Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp.

J. Warren Gardner, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Arthur I. Robison, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Home Indem. Co.

Harry J. Philips, Jr., Taylor Porter Brooks & Philips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Louisiana Pacific Corp.

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Jeansonne & Briney, Lafayette, LA, for Borden Inc.

Keith Michael Borne, Rebecca Feeney Doherty, Sylvia S. Lowe, Onebane Donohoe Bernard Torian Diaz McNamara & Abell, Patrick J. Hanna, Rabalais Hanna & Hays, Lafayette, LA, for Salem Carpet Mills.

Elwood Clement Stevens, Jr., Kleinpeter Schwartzberg & Stevens, Morgan City, LA, for Kleinpeter Schwartzberg & Stevens.

Michael W. Adley, Judice Hill & Adley, Lafayette, LA, for Elwood C. Stevens.


NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge.

RULING

I. INTRODUCTION.

Before the court is a Rule 50 Post-Trial Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Rule 59 Motion for New Trial filed by defendants W.W. Henry Company (Henry) and Truck Insurance Exchange (Truck Insurance), and opposed by plaintiffs Olan J. Guilbeau and Macklyn Guilbeau. Defendants seek a post-trial judgment as a matter of law under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50 in their favor and, alternatively...

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