TERREBONNE v. GOODMAN MFG. CORP.

No. 96-CA-450.

687 So.2d 124 (1996)

Reynold TERREBONNE and Geraldine Terrebonne, v. GOODMAN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Ducote, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Scott G. Jones, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GAUDIN, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Goodman Manufacturing Corporation, defendant-appellant in this "defective design/failure to warn" action. Reynold Terrebonne, plaintiff-appellant, suffered a head injury when a packing strap on which he was tugging broke, causing him to fall off the side of a stationary truck. A jury awarded him 1.4 million dollars, reduced by 30% due to his own comparative fault. For the following reasons, we affirm that award.

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