JAEGER v. AUTOMOTIVE CAS. INS. CO.

No. 95-CA-2448.

682 So.2d 292 (1996)

Caroline JAEGER v. AUTOMOTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Ford Motor Company and Interstate Ford.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Collins, Jr., Dianne J. Marshall, New Orleans, for Carolyn Jaeger.

Michael T. Pulaski, Robert W. Maxwell, John P. Gonzalez, Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, New Orleans, for Ford Motor Company.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and CIACCIO, LOBRANO, PLOTKIN and JONES, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

This appeal arises from a crashworthiness claim brought by plaintiff Caroline Jaeger against an automobile manufacturer, Ford Motor Company. Jaeger alleged at trial that defects in design and construction or composition of the seat belt restraint system in her 1986 Ford Tempo, as well as an inadequate warning regarding operation of the seat belt, enhanced the injuries she received in a collision caused by another driver. Jaeger contended specifically...

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