United States Fifth Circuit

Plaintiff proved the elements necessary to sustain a "falling merchandise" claim under Louisiana law, and the trial court abused its discretion in utilizing a jury response to a causation interrogatory as grounds for denying plaintiff a new trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2002
• Published 11/14/2002

Judges

• CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jimmy Roy Faircloth, Jr (argued), Faircloth & Davidson, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael S. Cessna, Kyle Leslie Holifield (argued), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR, for Defendant-Appellee.