ROUGEAU v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA

No. 99-C-1060.

748 So.2d 39 (1999)

Jessica Ann ROUGEAU v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Mestayer, Walter J. Leger, Jr., Leger & Mestayer, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Relator.

Robert W. Maxwell, John B. Sanders, Julianne T. Echols, Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, Covington, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendants/Respondents.

Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS Sr., Judge ROBERT A. KATZ.


McKAY, Judge.

This matter comes before this Court on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court on the issue of whether the district court erred in permitting admission of evidence of the non-use of seat belt in a case under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, La. R.S. 9:5800, et seq.

The plaintiff, Jessica Ann Rougeau, was injured in a single car accident on December 25, 1990, when the 1988 Hyundai Excel she was operating struck a steel utility pole on Belle...

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