FORD v. BEAM RADIATOR, INC.

No. 96 CA 2787.

708 So.2d 1158 (1998)

Willie FORD, et al. v. BEAM RADIATOR, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Myles, Plaquemine, for Plaintiff-Appellant Willie Ford, et al.

Adolph B. Curet, III, Franklin, for Intervenor-Appellant Evan Hall Sugar Co-op., Inc.

C.G. Norwood, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee Caterpillar, Inc.

Before CARTER and FITZSIMMONS, JJ., and CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.


FITZSIMMONS, Judge.

In this products liability suit, the plaintiff, Willie Ford, individually and as administrator of his minor children, appealed the dismissal of his suit for damages. The jury found that the radiator cap on a Caterpillar 980B loader was not unreasonably dangerous. A judgment in favor of the defendant, Caterpillar, Inc., dismissing the suit, with prejudice, was signed on August 1, 1995. Mr. Ford appealed. Evan Hall Sugar Cooperative, Inc. (Evan Hall...

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