LAMBERT v. PEPSICO, INC.

Nos. 96-C-0648, 96-C-0733.

698 So.2d 1031 (1997)

Debra LAMBERT, et al. v. PEPSICO, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl M. Phillips, Irving J. Warshauer, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier, Noriea & Warshauer, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Respondents Rosie J. Hudson and Gilbert Hudson, Individually and as Natural Tutrix and/or Administrator of the Estate of their Minor Daughter, LaQuinta Williams and Joyce Bell, and Lakisha Bell.

Lawrence D. Wiedemann, Wiedemann & Wiedemann, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Respondents Caretha Alexander, Individually and on Behalf of Naja Alexander.

Allan Berger, Warren A. Forstall, Jr., Berger & Forstall, PPLC, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Respondents Reginald Zeno, Cedric Ladmirault, Linda O. Jones, Grant Hawkins, Carol Belvin, Andrea Johnson, Individually and on Behalf of Jade Bourgeois, Angela Watson, Individually and on Behalf of Shantell Wells, and Donetta Dorsett, Individually and on Behalf of Glenn Dorsett.

Madison C. Moseley, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, for Defendants-Appellants Delta Beverage Group, Inc., Pepsi/Seven-Up Beverage Group of La. and Home Indemnity Co.

W. Paul Andersson, Marta-Ann Schnabel, Leake & Andersson, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellant Pepsico, Inc.

Before KLEES, PLOTKIN and JONES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

This case consists of sixteen consolidated suits which arose after a fire at the 1993 Super Fair in the Louisiana Superdome on June 4, 1993. According to the petitions, plaintiffs' children and/or relatives sustained serious burns while passengers on a carnival ride known as the "Trabant." The ride caught on fire while in motion; it failed to stop due to mechanical problems; the plaintiffs were burned. As a result of this incident, the plaintiffs filed...

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