SANDIFER v. HOYT ARCHERY, INC.

No. 17-30124.

907 F.3d 802 (2018)

Mary SANDIFER; Amanda Sandifer; Ryan Sandifer, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. HOYT ARCHERY, INCORPORATED; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Neale deGravelles, Esq. , Michael Carter Palmintier, Esq. , Trial Attorney, deGravelles & Palmintier, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, Margaret E. Woodward , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jonathan M. Menuez , Daniel Adrian Leister , James Michael Popson , Sutter O'Connell , Cleveland, OH, Bruce Arne Cranner, Esq. , Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, L.L.C., Mandeville, LA, Louis C. LaCour, Jr. , Adams & Reese, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Hoyt Archery, Incorporated and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Joseph P. Guichet, Esq. , Jay Farmer , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises from a most unfortunate, unintended, and unwitnessed death. Dr. Alan Sandifer was pierced in the head by the cable guard of his 2007 Hoyt Vulcan XT500 bow,1 which he was examining, and possibly modifying, while at his home. Following his death, his family members —...

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