United States Fifth Circuit

Where there is no evidence suggesting that the damages occurred before September 1988, the 1988 Louisiana Products Liability Act may apply. Determining the scope of the manufacturere's duty to warn about "gel bleeds" requires a proper understanding of damage-causing characteristics.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2001
• Published 03/08/2001

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, MAGILL  and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard L. Root (argued), Betsy J. Barnes, Barnes & Root, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy Allen Pratt, Jane J. Bartley (argued), Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.