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HASTINGS v. DIS TRAN PRODUCTS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 17071.

389 F.Supp. 1352 (1975)

Fred Lynn HASTINGS v. DIS TRAN PRODUCTS, INC., and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Intervenor.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

February 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Lloyd, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Stafford, Pitts & Bolen, Alexandria, La., for defendants.

Gold, Hall, Hammill & Little, Alexandria, La., for intervenor.

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., Chief Judge.

Our function in this diversity case is to determine applicable Louisiana products liability law. Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938). Broadly, the questions include (1) whether Louisiana has adopted strict liability as defined by the Restatement of Torts, 402A and/or has devised its own concept of strict products liability under the civilian principles of fault...

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