Soileau v. Smith True Value & Rental

GREMILLION, Judge.

|, The plaintiff, Mary Phyllis Soileau, and the defendant, Hartford Insurance Company, appealed a jury verdict in Soileau’s favor. On remand from the Louisiana Su*1063preme Court, we address the merits. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Soileau sustained serious injuries following a November 2007 accident in which a John Deere front-end loader detached from a John Deere tractor and fell onto her leg, shattering it. Soileau filed suit in April 2008, against Deere & Company (Deere), the Town of Mamou (Mamou), and Harry Smith Jr., Claire Smith,…