LaSALLE v. WILSON TRAILER CO., INC.

No. 00-1731.

787 So.2d 1173 (2001)

Rachel LaSALLE, et al. v. WILSON TRAILER COMPANY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Schiff, Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff, Opelousas, LA, Lenis James La-Salle, Jr., Elliott James Redmond, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, LA, Jeffery Paul Diez, Gordon R. Crawford & Assoc., Gonzales, LA, Counsel for Rachel LaSalle, Heather Nicole LaSalle and Lenis James LaSalle, Jr.

Jeffrey Charles Napolitano, Randy Joseph Hoth, Bradley Paul Naccari, Juge, Napolitano, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Louisiana Safety Association Of Timbermen.

Paul Deck Jr., Attorney at Law, Sioux City, IA, Vincent Paul Fornias, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver, et al., Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Wilson Trailer Company, Inc.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiffs filed suit seeking damages related to the death of their husband and father, following a work-related accident in which the decedent became trapped beneath rice draining from a grain trailer. The plaintiffs asserted that the trailer manufacturer was negligent in failing to label the trailer, warning users of suffocation hazards associated with its use. The trial court granted the defendant's motion for involuntary dismissal. The plaintiffs...

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