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KAMPEN v. AMERICAN ISUZU MOTORS, INC.

No. 96-30544.

119 F.3d 1193 (1997)

Ralph KAMPEN; Katherine Kampen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN ISUZU MOTORS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Gerald Weeks, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Keith W. McDaniel, Lance B. Williams, Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DUHÉ, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Ralph and Katherine Kampen brought this diversity suit against American Isuzu Motors ("Isuzu") under the Louisiana Products Liability Act of 1988, LA.REV.STAT. ANN. §§ 9:2800.51-.59 (West 1991) ("LPLA" or "the Act"). The Kampens claim that Mr. Kampen was injured when an Isuzu factory-supplied tire jack collapsed, dropping the car it had been supporting on his shoulders.

Isuzu moved for summary judgment on two elements of...

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