United States Fifth Circuit

Evidence that plaintiff's arm was torn off while inspecting a malfunctioning nut-harvesting machine while it was running is sufficient to support finding in product liability claim that plaintiff was injured while engaging in reasonably foreseeable use of the machine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2001
• Published 07/11/2001

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and HARMON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard E. Starling (argued), Pineville, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Harry Alston Johnson, III (argued), Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, David A. Hughes, Hughes & LeFleur, Alexandria, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.