BALLAM v. SEIBELS BRUCE INS. CO.

No. 97-CA-1444.

712 So.2d 543 (1998)

C. Robert BALLAM and Cheryl Ballam v. SEIBELS BRUCE INSURANCE COMPANY, Christian Schubert and Champion Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Guidry and Owen J. Bradley, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellees C. Robert Ballam and Cheryl Ballam.

B. Frank Davis, Howard B. Kaplan, Robert A. Knight, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, for Defendant/Appellant General Motors Corporation.

Before BYRNES, ARMSTRONG and MURRAY, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This is a products liability action based upon a theory of failure-to-warn. The plaintiff was burned while priming a car's carburetor. He sued various parties including the manufacturer of the car. After settlements or dismissals of all parties but the car's manufacturer, a jury trial was held on the plaintiffs' failure-to-warn claims against that manufacturer. The jury found the plaintiff to be 85% at fault and the manufacturer to be 15% at fault...

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