EVANS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 04-30420.

484 F.3d 329 (2007)

Mark EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, Continental Casualty Company, Intervenor-Appellee-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, Ford Motor Credit Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter B. Wright (argued), Law Office of Carter B. Wright, Ernest N. Souhlas, The Souhlas Law Firm, Covington, LA, Eugene G. Taggart, Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Staub, Rougelot & O'Brien, New Orleans, LA, for Evans.

Kirk Lindsay Landry, Keogh, Cox & Wilson LTD, Baton Rouge, LA, for Continental Casualty Co.

Robert William Maxwell (argued), McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, Maxwell & McDaniel, Hilliard Finch Kelly, III, Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, Covington, LA, for Ford Motor Co.

Before GARWOOD, BENAVIDES and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


OWEN, Circuit Judge:

Mark Evans sued Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Credit Company under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, claiming that a defective 1999 Ford Explorer injured him. At the conclusion of a trial, in which a jury found the Explorer's transmission was unreasonably dangerous because of a nonconformity with an express warranty,1 Ford Motor Company moved for judgment in its favor as a matter of law, contending there was...

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