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COMEAUX v. NATIONAL TEA CO.

No. 95-30371.

81 F.3d 42 (1996)

Julie COMEAUX, Individually and as natural tutrix of her minor son, Aaron Achor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL TEA CO.; McDonald's Restaurants, Inc., Defendants, Ronson Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronnie G. Penton, Kathy Conn Alford, Bogalusa, LA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael D. Meyer, New Orleans, LA, for National Tea Co.

William Edward Lewis, Clare Jupiter, New Orleans, LA, for McDonald's Restaurants, Inc.

John Carter McNeese, Robert N. Habans, Jr., Habans, Bologna & Carriere, New Orleans, LA, for Ronson Corp.

James S. Rees, III, Simon and Rees, Covington, LA, for General Acc. Ins. Co. of America.

Before REAVLEY, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Aaron Achor, a nine-year-old boy, was burned when the Ronsonol lighter fluid in a McDonald's plastic pumpkin and on his clothes and skin ignited when either he or his eight-year-old companion Chris Holley struck a match. Achor had poured the lighter fluid into the pumpkin, getting some on the ground and on himself. The two boys had purchased both the Ronsonol lighter fluid and the matches at a grocery store earlier the same day. Plaintiff-appellant Julie...

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