GOODRICH v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

No. 30762-CA.

717 So.2d 1235 (1998)

Ross E. GOODRICH, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly, Townsend & Thomas by Keenan K. Kelly, Natchitoches, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

McGlinchey Stafford by Colvin G. Norwood, Jr. and Patrick J. O'Cain, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and GASKINS, JJ.


GASKINS, Judge.

In this products liability case, plaintiffs Ross and Bonnie Goodrich appeal the granting of summary judgment in favor of the manufacturer of a tractor used by Mr. Goodrich when he was injured while fighting a forest fire. For the reasons assigned below, we affirm.

FACTS

On October 6, 1993, Mr. Goodrich, an employee of Riverwood International Timber Company, operated a Caterpillar D4C tractor to plow a fire break in the path of an...

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